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Inequality Quotes
HealthcareInequalityPovertyPublic Health In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases.
EmpathyInequalitySocial Class It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.
Class DivideEmpathyInequalitySocial JusticeUnderstanding It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
Global ProgressInequalityPoverty Reduction The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.
DevelopmentInequalityPovertyUnrestViolence Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.
DiscriminationInequalityOppressionRepresentation I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
EducationInequalityJusticePoverty If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.
InequalityInjusticeRacial DiscriminationVoting Rights In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.
InequalityPovertyWealth All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.
ExploitationInequalityInstabilityOppressionSocial Unrest Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
DemocracyInequalityPublic DiscourseVoice Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.
CapitalismEconomicsInequalityInnovationSocial Responsibility Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.
DiscontentInequalityProtestSocial Unrest What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.
CostHealthcare AccessInequalityPoverty In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.
Industrial RevolutionInequalityPoverty If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.
EmpathyGenerosityInequalityPhilanthropySocial Responsibility The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
Basic NeedsFreedomInequalitySoulSpirituality To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
InequalityJusticePeaceReparationsSociety Internationally, I propose the radical step of not trying to solve complex political problems with 1,000lb bombs; domestically, I propose they start addressing inequality by paying reparations for slavery. I'm well aware that in a society where war and discrimination are now almost entirely normalised, both options sound like madness.
InequalityIntegrityJusticeMoralityPower Dynamics No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
ChangeFamilyGovernmentInequalitySociety Of course, it's hard to get interested in the whole idea of government. Nothing ever changes, especially people saying 'nothing ever changes,' despite the fact their kid now has a free nursery place and their aunt was forced to work despite having dementia.
EducationInequalitySocioeconomic StatusSuccess In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.