Inequality Quote by William Shakespeare

“Inequality is not necessarily bad in itself: the key question is to decide whether it is justified, whether there are reasons for it.”

— Thomas Piketty

Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inequality is pervasive but invisible. It's hard to see. You need a sort of tool to make it visible.

— Hito Steyerl

Inequality is on the rise.

— William Finnegan

Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.

— Mason Cooley

Inequality is an enormously complicated thing that is both good and bad.

— Angus Deaton

I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme, when it…

— Thomas Piketty

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

— Mary Douglas

“Why we are hanging around with inequality concept every day, it is like comparing water with the bread.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Separation is the first cause of inequality.”

— Katy Tackes

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

— Felix Frankfurter

No matter how we name and dissect inequality, we must keep explaining the larger downside of such concentrated extreme wealth.

— Alissa Quart