List Of Economic Inequality Quotes

The Test Of Our Progress Is Not Whether We Add More To The Abundance Of Those Who Have Much It Is Whether We Provide Enough For Those Who Have Little.

An Imbalance Between Rich And Poor Is The Oldest And Most Fatal Ailment Of All Republics.

This Is Why Moral Uneasiness Is Destined To Become Even More Acute. It Is Obvious That A Fundamental Defect, Or Rather A Series Of Defects, Indeed A Defective Machinery Is At The Root Of Contemporary Economics And Materialistic Civilization, Which Does Not Allow The Human Family To Break Free From Such Radically Unjust Situations.

The State Of Inequality Between Individuals And Between Nations Not Only Still Exists; It Is Increasing. It Still Happens That Side By Side With Those Who Are Wealthy And Living In Plenty There Exist Those Who Are Living In Want, Suffering Misery And Often Actually Dying Of Hunger; And Their Number Reaches Tens, Even Hundreds Of Millions.

The Essential Point Here Is That All People With Small, Insecure Incomes Are In The Same Boat And Ought To Be Fighting On The Same Side. Probably We Could Do With A Little Less Talk About' Capitalist' And 'proletarian' And A Little More About The Robbers And The Robbed.

To Understand The Left, One Must Understand That In Its View The Greatest Evil Is Material Inequality. The Left Is More Troubled By Economic Inequality Than By Evil As Humanity Has Generally Understood The Term.

A Nation Will Not Survive Morally Or Economically When So Few Have So Much And So Many Have So Little.

As Soon As The Land Of Any Country Has All Become Private Property, The Landlords, Like All Other Men, Love To Reap Where They Never Sowed, And Demand A Rent Even For Its Natural Produce.

The Balancing Of The Budget Will Not In Itself Place A Teaspoonful Of Milk In A Hungry Baby's Stomach, Or Remove The Rags From Its Mother's Back.

The Union Miner Cannot Agree To The Acceptance Of A Wage Principle Which Will Permit His Annual Earnings And His Living Standards To Be Determined By The Hungriest Unfortunates Whom The Non-union Operators Can Employ.

Everyone Has A Right To A Job, Everyone Has A Right To An Education, Everyone Has A Right To Health Care, Everyone Has A Right To Retirement Security, Everyone Has A Right To Housing, And Everyone Has A Right To Peace.

What Good Does It Do To Sit At The Counter When You Cannot Afford A Hamburger?