437 Quotes About Inequality

The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving.

So the swallow flew over the great city, and saw the rich making merry in their beautiful houses, while the beggars were sitting at the gates. He flew into dark lanes, and saw the white faces of starving children looking out listlessly at the black streets...

There is today a division of labor between the elite and the masses. In medieval Europe aristocrats spent their money carelessly on extravagant luxuries whereas peasants lived frugally minding every penny. Today the tables have turned. The rich take great care managing their assets and investments, while the less well-heeled go into debt buying cars and televisions they don't really need.

Bei den Hochgestellten gilt das Reden vom Essen als niedrig. Das kommt: sie haben schon gegessen.

History suggests that even in a full democracy, the risk that the 5,000 will dominate is much greater than the threat that the 5,000,000 will expropriate the 5,000.

I speak because I am hungry and I have nothing to eat. You don't speak because you have your mouth full and you have everything you want. Don't say my stomach is making noise, When I speak out of hunger .

...distinction between growth and development. Aggregate growth in national economic indicators need not mean an improved life for the majority of the people.

Taking measures to ensure stability could assure the long-term economic growth and welfare at a global level

The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till out political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich, - a war constantly growing in intensity and bitterness.