Donald Trump Quotes

If we win all those fights, and now let's say the income gap, and the wealth gap, and the education gap have for the most part been closed - let's say hypothetically, , first of all, America as a whole would be a lot richer.

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

Let there be no mistake, Sen Sanders, his campaign and the vigorous debate that we've had about how to raise incomes, how to reduce inequality, increase upward mobility, has been very good for the Democratic Party and for America.

We have made great strides, but somehow we've got to create a climate so that everybody can do well, not just some.

Americans have historically been more willing than Europeans to tolerate high inequality levels if accompanied by strong economic growth and a healthy middle class.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

How do we make sure that rising tides lift all boats and not just the yachts?

We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?

Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst 2 million of India's poorest? We would hear a lot about socialist appropriation and the death of democracy. Why should taking from the rich be called appropriation and taking from the poor be called development?

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

I was at the World Bank and a commission reviewed our work on inequality for the U.S. Congress or somebody, and the head of the commission said to us: "You are spending taxpayer money to study issues like inequality? Which goes directly against capitalism and growth." That was the perception, that it should not be studied.

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world's income with 4 percent of the world's people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth.

Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.

If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make sure that the society as a whole does right by people who are poor, are working class, are aspiring to a better life for their kids.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

A strong economy is perfectly consistent with concern for equity and economic justice.

For the good of Spain, I should like there to be rather fewer rich people and rather fewer poor.

The distribution of wealth is just as important as its creation.