Disparity Quote by Ferdinand Mount

I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the…

— Arnold Kling

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the…

— Edward Lazear

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

— Marlene Dietrich

In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating…

— Pico Iyer

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than…

— Dennis Prager

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and…

— Helene D. Gayle

Income inequality matters more on a day-to-day basis. Wealth matters more for political influence.

— Thomas Pogge

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.

— Sara Paretsky

The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to…

— Betty Smith

The only inequalities that matter begin in the mind. It is not income levels but differences in mental equipment that keep people apart, breed…

— Jacquetta Hawkes

Today we hear that the gains from economic growth accrue to the highest-income earners while the standard of living of the poor and middle…

— Kevin Hassett

One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people…

— Jay-Z