Democracy Quote by Jack Kemp

The government's job, according to modern Republicans, is not the protection of equal opportunity for all Americans, but rather the protection of male breadwinners.

— Heather Cox Richardson

Since the 1980s, Republicans have argued that policies embraced by a majority of Americans to promote equality of opportunity actually infringe liberty by hampering…

— Heather Cox Richardson

I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right…

— Jonathan Haidt

Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity.

— Timothy Noah

As Democrats, we believe in fairness and opportunity.

— Jaime Harrison

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

— Ha-Joon Chang

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

— Aristotle

When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.

— Elizabeth Warren

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.

— Mary Parker Follett

Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In contrast to them, Republicans argue, are minorities, organized workers, and women, who demand government policies that can only be paid for with tax…

— Heather Cox Richardson

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to…

— Artur Davis