Quotes About Equity

Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

I don't know how we will ever have the moral authority to deal with social welfare if we can't deal with corporate welfare.

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

I firmly believe we have the power to transform our communities with intentional and deliberate policies that encourage the overall health and the well-being of those who have the least.

We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.

If we want equality, we shouldn't then expect to be praised just because we're doing a certain job. That's not equality.

There's lots of money in the Premier League and people think it's going to filter down. It does to a certain extent, but it's not all about that.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It cannot be Pakistan of Quaid and Iqbal where children of the elite study in prestigious educational institutions while those of resourceless segments deprived of education due to difficulties.

In many ways, the very notion of school choice operates under a false pretense - an assumption that every child has the same set of choices to make and the same places to choose from.

Right is its own defense.

Democrats are fighting to make sure that everyone, no matter your background, has a chance to get ahead.

I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.

We're all created equal, and we all deserve an equal shot.

I only scream if screaming is deserved.

I believe everyone deserves access to clean air and water, and that climate change has exacerbated this challenge.

Upon graduating from my acting program at The Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts in Santa Maria, CA, I went to my first tap audition. It was for the 1st national equity tour of '42nd Street.'

We need specific work on race equality programmes and programmes targeted at helping those who are yet to fulfil their potential.

We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible.

I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for.

Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite low, but it's enough to push you over the line. And you get a tax credit on top of that, and then you cobble it together with private equity or gap financing and things like that.

A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.