Quotes About Inequality

Fakir bir çocu?un ayakkab?s?ndaki büyük bir delik, onun içinde ya?ad??? toplumu mahkûm etmek için en basit kan?tt?r.

Never let a little man to sit on a big chair; that would be a big disaster!

Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure!

The presence of even a single poor child on the street means a million defeats for mankind.

Though the biggest fault of the big man is tolerated easily, the smallest fault of the little man is not endured at all!

What if she's all I give you in this life of ours, my love?" she asked quietly. "Then I'll shout at the goddess in fury," he said fiercely. "I'll beg to know why I've been given so much when other men have so little.

The same way most people get away with the wrong thing," she said. "Wealth. . .

That's universal — we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.

It was ridiculous that things outside a person's control could make others hate you. The nature of your blood wasn't a choice, but humanity had a long history of killing, imprisoning, or fearing others for their race or religion.

Tots els homes són iguals de qui sap quines maneres.

I heard people repeat the same promises about the bright technological future, but I saw the digital world replicate the inequalities of the "real" world

Morreram milhares de moçambicanos,nunca vos vimos cá.Agora,desaparecem cinco estrangeiros e já é o fim do mundo?

A diferença entre a Guerra e a Paz é a seguinte: na Guerra, os pobres são os primeiros a serem mortos; na Paz os pobres são os primeiros a morrer. Para nós, mulheres, há ainda uma outra diferença: na Guerra, passamos a ser violadas por quem não conhecemos.

The greatest misfortune for a poor country is that, instead of producing wealth, it produces rich people. But rich people without wealth. In fact, it would be better to call them moneyed rather than rich: a rich person is one who possesses the means of production. A rich person is someone who generates money and provides jobs. A moneyed person is someone who quite simply has some cash. Or rather, he thinks he has. For, in reality, it's the cash that has him.

Vinte e cinco é para vocês que vivem nos bairros de cimento. Para nós, negros pobres que vivemos na madeira e zinco, o nosso dia ainda está por vir.

A felicidade é uma coisa que os poderosos criaram para ilusão dos mais pobres.

The difference between war and peace is as follows: in war, the poor are the first to be killed; in peace, the poor are the first to die. For us women, there's another difference too: in war, we get raped by those we do not know.

A Mercedes or a BMW can't make full use of its lustre, as it busily swerves to avoid the very convex buses along very concave roads. The existence of good roads would depend upon another type of wealth. A wealth that might serve the city.

Na guerra, os pobres são mortos. Na paz, os pobres morrem.

President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.

Whenever judges of the highest state courts have actually examined the details of the "savage inequalities" that continue to be imposed on most low-income and minority students in the United States, they have virtually unanimously held that these conditions deny students the opportunity to be educated at the basic levels that are needed to function well in contemporary society.

Were paying more for the privilege of getting sick and dying early. Once again, it makes no sense. And once again, no one in Washington is talking about how to fix it.

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.