"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, Comfort, Injustice

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"Some people sit at life' banquet table while others serve them."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Inequality, Life, People, Privilege, Class

"How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of hay , and the other, feathers."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Inequality, Class, Love, Injustice, Separation

"Nothing reminds one of how shitty inequality is more often than the fact that there are companies who make and people who use 1-ply toilet papers."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Inequality, Truth, Regret, Life, Power

"Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Inequality, Oppression, Humanity, History, Struggles

"The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Inequality, Power, Happiness, Poverty, Equality

"Rather than evoke our sympathy, our familiarity with the lives of the black poor has bred spasms of fear and outright contempt. But mostly it's bred indifference."

Barack Obama, American President

Inequality, Society, Prejudice, Fear, Indifference

"The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Inequality, Wealth, Poverty, Justice

"There is a very simple relationship between increased socioeconomic rifts in the society and increased violence, criminality, war, increased lack of trust between people, health problems and social exclusion - but it seems to be very difficult for people to understand this simple relationship."

Swami Dhyan Giten, Swedish Spiritual Leader

Inequality, Violence, Society, Trust

"The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves."

Camille Paglia, American Author

Inequality, Congress, Healthcare, Rest, Will

"Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Inequality, Conflict, Power, Victim, Loss

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

God

"All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers."

Freedom

"Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read."

Literature

"What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?"

Morality

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."

Happiness

"Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

Wisdom

"What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."

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"Some people sit at life' banquet table while others serve them."

"How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of hay , and the other, feathers."

"Nothing reminds one of how shitty inequality is more often than the fact that there are companies who make and people who use 1-ply toilet papers."

"Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence."

"The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune."

"Rather than evoke our sympathy, our familiarity with the lives of the black poor has bred spasms of fear and outright contempt. But mostly it's bred indifference."

"The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving."

"There is a very simple relationship between increased socioeconomic rifts in the society and increased violence, criminality, war, increased lack of trust between people, health problems and social exclusion - but it seems to be very difficult for people to understand this simple relationship."

"The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves."

"Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses."

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"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

"All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers."

"Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read."

"What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?"

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."

"Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

"What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."