Quotes about Inequality

Inequality is the root of social evil. Votes: 5

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Votes: 5

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. Votes: 5

Inequality is the cause of all local movements. Votes: 4

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity. Votes: 4

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. Votes: 4

Inequality is going to be a big issue, but competence is going to be the biggest issue. [People] want to see somebody that's super-competent and that's me. Votes: 4

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. Votes: 4

What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights. Votes: 4

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received. Votes: 4

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. Votes: 4

Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0 percent balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy. Votes: 4

Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it! Votes: 4

Inequality promotes progress. Votes: 3

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty. Votes: 3

Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value. Votes: 3

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself. Votes: 3

Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature ... Votes: 3

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor Votes: 3

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy. Votes: 3

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. Votes: 3

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised. Votes: 3

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination. Votes: 3

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective. Votes: 3

How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? ... Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists. Votes: 3

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class. Votes: 3

Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues while discrediting reformers. Votes: 3

Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate. Votes: 3

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all. Votes: 3

Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality. Votes: 3

Since the end of the 1970s, something has gone profoundly wrong in America. Inequality has soared. Educational progress slowed. Incarceration rates quintupled. Family breakdown accelerated. Median household income stagnated. Votes: 3

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our economy more rewarding for more of the people. Votes: 3

Everyone has an equal right to inequality. Votes: 2

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence. Votes: 2

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict. Votes: 2

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. Votes: 2

You may be sure that in this new international system, the American citizen will count for precious little. Votes: 2

An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. Votes: 2

True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius. Votes: 2

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Votes: 2

Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality. Votes: 2

There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities. Votes: 2

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak. Votes: 2

Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should be celebrated. Votes: 2

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end. Votes: 2

People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either to individuals or to the community. Votes: 2

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources. Votes: 2

The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not, so long he is the repository of power Votes: 2

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order. Votes: 2

To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality than by evil as humanity has generally understood the term. Votes: 2

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality. Votes: 2

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take. Votes: 2

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns. Votes: 2

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. Votes: 2

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable. Votes: 2

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics. Votes: 2

However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit. Votes: 2

Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy? Votes: 2

Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world. Votes: 2

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it. Votes: 2

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. Votes: 2

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 don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don't like to think of themselves as poor. Votes: 2

Private property implies exclusivity, inequality, and difference. Votes: 1

Development develops inequality. Votes: 0

Wealth inequality has increased. Votes: 0

Racial inequality is a big problem. Votes: 0

Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly. Votes: 0

If you're perpetuating discrimination, you're perpetuating inequality. Votes: 0

The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering. Votes: 0

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created. Votes: 0

Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy. Votes: 0

The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering. Votes: 0

The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria. Votes: 0

Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality. Votes: 0

They talk about income inequality. I'm for income inequality. Votes: 0

Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding. Votes: 0

Income inequality has gotten worse under President Barack Obama. Votes: 0

The engine of growth is also the engine of inequality, Votes: 0

Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty. Votes: 0

The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism. Votes: 0

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage. Votes: 0

Love is based on inequality as friendship is on equality. Votes: 0

Sex -- the great inequality, the great miscalculator, the great Irritator. Votes: 0

We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment. Votes: 0

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future. Votes: 0

The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude. Votes: 0

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth. Votes: 0

Motherhood is a greater predictor of wage inequality than gender is. It's enormous. Votes: 0

The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice. Votes: 0

You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society. Votes: 0

You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause. Votes: 0

Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality. Votes: 0

Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability. Votes: 0

Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels. Votes: 0

Rising inequality isn't about who has the knowledge; it's about who has the power. Votes: 0

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice. Votes: 0

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class. Votes: 0

I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality. Votes: 0

We have to have a very strong criticism of modes of cooperation that entrench inequality. Votes: 0

Triumphant capitalism has unleashed a powerful drive toward inequality, not improvement, in the social sphere. Votes: 0

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously. Votes: 0

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. Votes: 0

I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue. Votes: 0

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality. Votes: 0

American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be. Votes: 0

I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction. Votes: 0

Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality. Votes: 0

Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow. Votes: 0

Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality. Votes: 0

If we save the planet and have a society of inequality, we wouldn't have saved much. Votes: 0

The most important problem for our world to solve is the inequality of men and women. Votes: 0

Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism. Votes: 0

With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality. Votes: 0

Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time. Votes: 0

We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt. Votes: 0

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men? Votes: 0

The quest to remove all inequality is the deadening hand of socialism and results in social stagnation. Votes: 0

Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors. Votes: 0

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy. Votes: 0

Everywhere there is inequality, everywhere there is division, and I worry about it. I think everybody does. Votes: 0

Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth? Votes: 0

We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community. Votes: 0

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth. Votes: 0

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. Votes: 0

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another. Votes: 0

You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable. Votes: 0

Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead. Votes: 0

For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well. Votes: 0

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. Votes: 0

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals. Votes: 0

Martin Luther King was a radical democrat, by which I mean someone who is a foe of wealth inequality. Votes: 0

All men, among themselves, are by nature equal. The inequality we now discern hath its spring from the civil law. Votes: 0

I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool. Votes: 0

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run. Votes: 0

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence. Votes: 0

Government sponsors untold waste, criminality and inequality in every sphere of life it touches, giving little or nothing in return. Votes: 0

Marriage (in what is called the spiritual world) is impossible, because of the inequality between every subject and every object. Votes: 0

No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality Votes: 0

The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education. Votes: 0

The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes. Votes: 0

Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008. Votes: 0

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable. Votes: 0

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom. Votes: 0

It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it. Votes: 0

I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization. Votes: 0

Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets. Votes: 0

The devastation of neoliberalism is so multi-fold, whether it's violence against women or desperate economic inequality or the destruction of the planet. Votes: 0

Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality. Votes: 0

The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012. Votes: 0

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves. Votes: 0

If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticization and stagnation. Votes: 0

Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are talking about inequality. Votes: 0

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality. Votes: 0

Lenin, Stalin, and Mao slaughtered even more tens of millions in the name of equality than Hitler murdered in the name of inequality. Votes: 0

If you really want to end income inequality, I've got the way to fix it. People who don't work shouldn't get any income. Votes: 0

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak? Votes: 0

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom. Votes: 0

A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor. Votes: 0

If we don't rebuild that connection with people we will really find even bigger gaps, because our gap on inequality is not just economic. Votes: 0

Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality. Votes: 0

Nature, by its very nature, is very brutal and unequal. However, Man has somehow managed to transform the nature of its brutality and inequality. Votes: 0

When it comes to social policies, I believe women have the right to make their own choices, and inequality is a really important issue. Votes: 0

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. Votes: 0

You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome. Votes: 0

Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects. Votes: 0

Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly ugly. Votes: 0

One of the most important of all the causes of great inequality of income is the inheritance of a great fortune by a small minority. Votes: 0

Education is not the only answer and it's certainly not the immediate solution. At best, it's a necessary, but not sufficient response to widening inequality. Votes: 0

Empirically, all pornography is made under conditions of inequality based on sex, overwhelmingly by poor, desperate, homeless, pimped women who were sexually abused as children. Votes: 0

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant. Votes: 0

Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation. Votes: 0

It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence. Votes: 0

I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme, when it becomes excessive. Votes: 0

There's something in the cross that says this is not just about my "salvation" but about the "salvation" of all those who suffer injustice and inequality. Votes: 0

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak Votes: 0

To deal with radicalism and extremism, we need to deal with economic inequality. This is what I learned from my experience in Solo and then in Jakarta. Votes: 0

Nothing is as unique as sex in nature; it is full of enjoyment, pleasure and happiness. There is no discrimination, no exclusion, no inequality and no racism. Votes: 0

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also becomes more unequal. Votes: 0

In the US, the problem is primary and secondary education. We've had such an increase in inequality because a quarter of American kids don't finish high school! Votes: 0

Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. Votes: 0

The dream of capitalism is to co-opt people with higher living standards without redistributing any wealth. Without co-optation, widespread repression is the only guarantor of gross inequality. Votes: 0

The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn't technology or globalization. It's the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market. Votes: 0

Our failure as a society to properly acknowledge and confront the psychological, social, and political effects of white privilege has perpetuated racial inequality and race-based political resentments. Votes: 0

Regardless of how you interpret the facts, you have to come to the conclusion that inequality is widening in the US and in almost every other country. Votes: 0

A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence. Votes: 0

Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world. Votes: 0

A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression of nationalities. Votes: 0

Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's affecting men hasn't really been addressed. Votes: 0

Where there is true variety, there will be inevitable 'inequality' - that is simply the result of human nature and the pluralism that defines us as a people. Votes: 0

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor, Votes: 0

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president. Votes: 0

Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism dedicated to brushing the problem off. Votes: 0

The historical weight of gender inequality has tended to concentrate women in lower-paid jobs with fewer benefits and at the same time made them primarily responsible for care giving. Votes: 0

There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality, [and] they're powerful enough to cut growth in half. Votes: 0

'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth. Votes: 0

Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth. Votes: 0

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened. Votes: 0

I am afraid that if you don't find peaceful domestic solutions to our inequality and social problems, then it's always tempting to find other people responsible for our problems. Votes: 0

I think there's so many things happening, whether it's gender inequality or immigration, there's just so many issues happening around the world where not doing anything makes you guilty. Votes: 0

When the topic is growing income inequality, it's hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn't exist. Votes: 0

The Savior has suffered not just for our iniquities but also for the inequality, the unfairness, the pain, the anguish, and the emotional distresses that so frequently beset us. Votes: 0

Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, although whether the net effect is to increase or reduce inequality is not clear. Votes: 0

The church is an organisation that institutionalises an aversion to homosexuality, it institutionalises gender inequality and it speaks from a place of teaching people being ashamed of their sexuality. Votes: 0

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. Votes: 0

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort. Votes: 0

Amazons Jeff Bezos, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort. Votes: 0

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency. Votes: 0

We have a reversal of a longstanding trend, from rising inequality across nations and constant or declining inequality within nations, to declining inequality across nations and rising inequality within them. Votes: 0

The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality. Votes: 0

You can call it institutionalized racism or institutionalized inequality, but what I say is that any system that operates to maintain inequality is a corrupt system and must be addressed. Votes: 0

Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality"”and the harder we compete, the more unequal we become. Votes: 0

There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc. Votes: 0

It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the highest rates of religious beliefs. Votes: 0

We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. Votes: 0

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering. Votes: 0

Lynching is an important aspect of racial history and racial inequality in America, because it was visible, it was so public, it was so dramatic, and it was so violent. Votes: 0

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority Votes: 0

Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes life more difficult for people. Votes: 0

Today in many places we hear a call for greater security. But until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is reversed, it will be impossible to eliminate violence. Votes: 0

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men. Votes: 0

I hate a style, as I do a garden, that is wholly flat and regular; that slides along like an eel, and never rises to what one can call an inequality. Votes: 0

The best solution to income inequality is providing a high-quality education for everybody. In our highly technological, globalized economy, people without education will not be able to improve their economic situation. Votes: 0

No good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property, because no good case can exist for treating with special disfavor the work of the spirit and the mind. Votes: 0

The biggest danger I feel are an emerging group of Westernised, educated, champagne socialists and latte liberals who pontificate about social inequality, democracy and freedom in the comfort of their condos. Votes: 0

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all. Votes: 0

There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic and racial segregation, places with more income inequality. Votes: 0

By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality. Votes: 0

The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned. Votes: 0

The devotion that young Chinese feel to the Internet is driven by deep factors ranging from youth unemployment and income inequality to political repression and the demographic imbalance between men and women. Votes: 0

When we are honest, we admit how agreeable it can feel to be singled out for favored treatment. The biggest barrier to equality for all is that inequality for some feels good. Votes: 0

Yesterday was not only daylight saving time, but also International Women's Day. What better way to address the issue of inequality for women than giving them a day that's missing an hour. Votes: 0

When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high perpetuation of inequality over time and low mobility. Votes: 0

Like an odorless gas, [inequality] pervades every corner of the United States and saps the strength of the country's democracy. But it seems impossible to find the source and shut it off. Votes: 0

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy. Votes: 0

The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Filipino society, plainly contradicting the teaching of Christ. Votes: 0

A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount of room for economic inequality, violence and male dominance. Votes: 0

In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality. Votes: 0

Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and men in these communities is holding back progress. Votes: 0

You need some inequality to grow... but extreme inequality is not only useless but can be harmful to growth because it reduces mobility and can lead to political capture of our democratic institutions. Votes: 0

Everything in America is so stratified by class now. We have the 93rd level of income inequality in the world. You're already seeing highway lanes that are for pay and ones that aren't. Votes: 0

Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance. Votes: 0

We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context. Votes: 0

You have to be invited to the party. You have to be invited to work, which is weird. That can be frustrating. But gender inequality is pretty similar through almost every industry, unfortunately. Votes: 0

Dependence goes somewhat against the grain of a generous mind; and it is no wonder that it should do so, considering the unreasonable advantage which is often taken of the inequality of fortune. Votes: 0

The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice and inequality is a history of disuse of the law. Votes: 0

We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering. Votes: 0

Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes the envious to think: I might have been in his place. Votes: 0

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question. Votes: 0

Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels of economic inequality, the suppression of dissent and the permanent war state. Votes: 0

In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea of inequity in policing as it relates to minority communities. Votes: 0

In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there. We have 300 million poor in India. Votes: 0

The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people against income and wealth inequality, do everything we can about climate change. Votes: 0

There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful. Votes: 0

As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society. Votes: 0

I think that why the research and the data are so important is because you become so used to seeing the world one way that you don't even notice anymore. [Gender inequality] has this invisibility. Votes: 0

Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy tolerance, rather than emancipation, political struggle, or even armed struggle? Votes: 0

Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy tolerance, rather than emancipation, political struggle, or even armed struggle? Votes: 0

The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality. Votes: -1