Bear Quote by Joseph Lancaster

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from…

— Lucy Powell

For a society as abundant and as blessed as ours, to have as many disadvantaged children as we have does not bode well for…

— Marianne Williamson

Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don't - and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest…

— James Heckman

“Poor children are raised without so much more than material things. They are raised without a clear sense of their own horizons, but rather…

— Willie Parker

“At the greatest levels of affluence, and the deepest levels of poverty, parents share the same desire for their children to have a better…

— Adam Braun

If the children and youth of a nation are afforded opportunity to develop their capacities to the fullest, if they are given the knowledge…

— Anonymous

But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the system for…

— Krystal Ball

“Inherited wealth may be easily squandered, but inherited poverty is a legacy almost impossible to loose.”

— Eric Haney

“Other things being equal, strong demographic growth tends to play an equalizing role because it decreases the importance of inherited wealth: every generation must…

— Thomas Piketty

“British lottery for the relief of the poor,”

— Willard Sterne Randall

“woe of unnumbered generations”

— Jack London

“May there be a generation of children on the children of your children.”

— Irish Toast