Quotes About Equity

For the twenty-first century, a far bigger goal is needed: meeting the human rights of every person within the means of our life-giving planet.

population matters, distribution matters just as much because extremes of inequality push humanity beyond both sides of the Doughnut's boundaries.

There are clearly many ways to more equitably share the wealth that lies beneath our feet. Ostrom was quick to point out, however, that there is no panacea for managing land and its resources well: neither the market, the commons nor the state alone can provide an infallible blueprint. Approaches to distributive land design must fit the people and the place, and may well work best when they combine all three of these approaches to provisioning.44

The Doughnut's inner ring—its social foundation—sets out the basics of life on which no one should be left falling short.

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first requisite of a really good officer is to temper justice with mercy'. As

The universe, he felt, was just—or if not just, fair enough.

A good game, like Ichigo, was hard, but fair. The "unfair game" was life itself.

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.

Our financial, tax, and legal systems are set up to reward property owners

Equality is a worthy ideal pursued in the name of justice and human rights. In the real world of results, however, things are never equal.

Equality is a lie.

Computers for the masses, not the classes.

Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.

And this is why you can't be in a corporation and address these issues by simply having everyone go to an anti-racism course or cultural-sensitivity training. You don't get trained in cultural sensitivity—you go spend time immersed in the culture, spend time with other people.

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. … In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid.

Here's my win, born out of the bumps and bruises of sibling conflict: If you have two kids, assign one even, the other odd. Then whenever there's a question of who gets the "advantage," it's decided by what day it is. Who gets their pick of car seat? Odd kid, because today's the third. Who gets the last hug at drop-off? Even kid, because today's the sixteenth.

Is it equitable that 99, rather 999, should suffer for the Extravagance or Grandeur of one, especially when it is considered that men frequently owe their Wealth to the impoverishment of their Neighbors?

I feel young men and women of color need to be provided with equal opportunities no matter what their socioeconomic status may be.

The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it's empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.

If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.