We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.

I certainly agree that capital is not a one-dimensional object, and that the return on capital takes very different forms for different assets or different people.

The Lord created you and protects you always

War is like a fire - if you do not put it out, it will burn itself out.

Why should I forget the pastexperience? I can only let go of the pain.

It’s a sad fact that some people are only remembered once they’re dead.

Jesus clearly viewed children as precious - and that if he loved kids enough to say that adults should be more like them, we should spend more time loving them too.

All films are born free and equal.

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.

Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.

If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon.

There is one grand lie - that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.