437 Quotes About Inequality

Es gibt Menschen, die es zeitlebens einem Bettler nachtragen, daß sie ihm nichts gegeben haben.

It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly.

Besides, if his party stood for anything, it was for defending the right of the strong to flourish, which meant preventing the weak from taking up unnecessary space.

Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy.

...high inequality is associated with higher rates of crime, greater risk of stress-related illness, and greater political polarization.

Social justice has to do with issues such as poverty, inequality, war, racism, sexism, abortion, and lack of concern for ecology because what lies at the root at each of these is not so much someone's private sin but rather a huge, blind system that is inherently unfair.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

People who have less, who are less, keep a close eye on people who have more. Children are more observant about adults than conversely. Women are vigilant regarding the actions of men because we have to be. The same not true in the opposite direction, not in any flattering sense.

The most convincing and enduring foe of the global financial economy ultimately is the global financial economy itself. - Ulrich Beck