Quotation Library
Poverty & Inequality
The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.
Extreme inequality is not just unfair, it is inefficient.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
Where there is no equality, there can be no true freedom.
The gulf between the rich and the poor is widening.
Economic inequality is the root of social instability.
The rich are not born skeptical or cynical. They are made that way by events and circumstances.
A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
The inequality of incomes is a major cause of poverty.
The price of inequality is social unrest.
The gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider.