Belief Quote by Paul Wellstone

We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful…

— Winnie Byanyima

There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political activists. This…

— Paul Wellstone

Inequality is the root of social evil.

— Pope Francis

When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high…

— Thomas Piketty

High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape our politics…

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Our democratic societies rest on a meritocratic worldview, or at any rate a meritocratic hope, by which I mean a belief in a society…

— Thomas Piketty

Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities.

— Sharan Burrow

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

— George Packer

This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments…

— George Matthew Adams

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised.

— Nicholas Kristof

Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all - inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will be allowed…

— Thomas Sowell

“We believe some people are more special, more beautiful, more capable, more influential, more intelligent, more gifted, and have a greater capacity for good…

— John Lewis