Inequalities Quotes

Wit needs leisure, and certain inequalities of position. - Honore De Balzac

Wealth in an area is sometimes exported to other parts of the country. Racial and ethnic disparities are not due to genetics or inborn differences in people of different races, but rather that they reflect social inequalities. Similarly, geographic disparities that we see across the country are not due to climate but reflect the social environment and local economies. - Elizabeth Barnett

Usually, because society's inequalities puts them at risk -- unjust, unconscionable risk. - Kofi Annan

This means that in future the NHS will be able to map populations with these debilitating conditions with pinpoint accuracy. As the database builds up it will allow us to focus resources and plan services appropriately to help us tackle health inequalities. That means good news for NHS patients and good value for money for taxpayers. - Lord Warner

These low health insurance rates and the persistent wage gap limit women's ability to move out of poverty. Women continue to sacrifice almost a quarter of their earning power every year to gender inequalities in the labor market. We need strong legal protections against discrimination and public policies that reduce poverty, increase wages, and extend health benefits to the uninsured. - Heidi Hartmann

These inequalities have happened in other countries - imperial France or some banana republic - but for 200 years we were the land of opportunity. - James Lardner

The political, social and economic inequalities that provide a fertile breeding ground for exploitation by extremists. - Mircea Geoana

The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of the House Subcommittee on Health, I am working hard with my colleagues to correct these inequalities. - Paul Gillmor