Quotes About Inequality

Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.

Our communities deserve a just response to years of disinvestment in our communities that have led to poor health outcomes and crime.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor.

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.

Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product.

Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.

Historically, industrial revolutions haven't been kind to poor people. Despite the potential benefits technology can offer, the immediate impact on the lowest-paid members of society has often been negative.

The biggest problem in America is most people believe poor people are poor because they are lazy.

There's more poor people in this country than there are rich, and I stick up for the poor people.

Poor people can't cut their emissions - they don't make them.

'America is such a great country, we have fat poor people.' It's one of those jokes that doesn't hit people right away, because it's so prevalent that we don't get it.

Any industry where there's a lot of money to be made and there are poor people involved, there's going to be some exploitation on some level.

If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.

There is growing inequality. The families of the all-powerful Ministers are getting richer. The poor and hard-working Belizeans are getting poorer.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn't even know what 26 cents looked like. I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else.

That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.