#inequality

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house ↗

— Audre Lorde

#inequality #power #feminism

Equality, as understood by the American Founders, is the natural right of every individual to live freely under self-government, to acquire and retain the property he creates through his own labor, and to be treated impartially before a just law. Moreover, equality should not be confused with perfection, for man is also imperfect, making his application of equality, even in the most just society, imperfect. Otherwise, inequality is the natural state of man in the sense that each individual is born unique in all his human characteristics. Therefore, equality and inequality, properly comprehended, are both engines of liberty. ↗

— Mark R. Levin

#inequality #liberty #equality

There is also the basic inequality of being born either with a natural talent or without one. Clever or stupid. No matter how much you try to argue against it, Dora, we are not born equal. All we can ever strive for is the equality of opportunity for those who have the ability to make the most of it. ↗

— Sally Wentworth

#inequality #socialism #equality

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#because #father #how #i #inequality

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#greater #inequality #man #said #than

For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well. ↗

— Evo Morales

#being #fighting #inequality #injustice #leftist

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end. ↗

— Evo Morales

#causing #current #destruction #earth #end

The increase in inequality in income is a longtime trend, but the pressure on middle- and low-income workers is going up rapidly. Especially if they live in an area where there are high housing and gas prices, like California. ↗

— Alice Rivlin

#california #especially #gas #gas prices #going

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#become #conventional #conventional wisdom #federal #government

Everyone has an equal right to inequality. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#equal right #everyone #inequality #right