Income Inequality Quotes

Income Inequality Quote of the day

Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win.

I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction.

Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

One of the most important of all the causes of great inequality of income is the inheritance of a great fortune by a small minority.

Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time.

Income inequality matters more on a day-to-day basis. Wealth matters more for political influence.

I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality.

The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.

Hillary Clinton, income inequality, it's richest damn woman next to the Kennedy family, and you're trying to tell me she cares about income inequality?

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously.

If you really want to end income inequality, I've got the way to fix it. People who don't work shouldn't get any income.

The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor.

They talk about income inequality. I’m for income inequality.

We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context.

Amazons Jeff Bezos, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.

The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria.

Our focus should be on making the most of our own lives, regardless of whether we start at the bottom or the top- not on envying the advantages and achievements of others.

Politics is a game played by the rich with the lives of the poor.

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent.

Indentured servitude is banned, but what about students seeking to sell shares of their future earnings in exchange for money up front to pay for their college tuitions?