Quotes About Inequality

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.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, under penalty of freezing to death.

Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.

[C]apitalism without financial failure is not capitalism at all, but a kind of socialism for the rich.

It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty

Right now, huge numbers of people cannot obtain even drinking water, and the situation is likely to become worse with predicted climate change and failure to take the actions that are necessary.

We must acknowledge, of course, that what looks like failure to us Americans outside the privileged elite may not actually be failure for our overlords.

Here in the United States, we've seen the failure of mass programs of redistribution and the fiscal crises to which they give rise. And yet many continue to defend and promote them.

If we judged by realities we should give honor not to the rich for the fine clothes they wear but to the poor who are the makers of such things.

To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.

America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable.

Broke a.. ni...'s can't roll with me and even rich ni...'s can't get a hold of me.

Ain't nothing worse than a broke a.. ni....

Broke ni... make me sick, throw up.

That awkward moment when you see a 10 year old child with a better phone than yours.

The most judgmental 10 seconds in any person's life is the walk through first class to coach.

The world is an unjust place." 'Death's brother is the name that poets give to sleep.

There is no law that says the gods must be fair.

There is no law that gods must be fair,

His eyes narrowed, and I could see the reflexive 'no' in them. I would come to know this type of man, jealous of his little power, to whom I was only a woman.

The feelings that stirred in me at night seemed strangely distant from those serving girls with their lowered eyes and obedience. I watched a boy fumbling at a girl's dress, the dull look on her face as she poured his wine. I did not wish for such a thing.

I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.