Winnie Byanyima Quotes

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.

What the labor movement did in this country is to make sure that capitalism worked.

Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people.

We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.

Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

We have got to put a human face on the global economy.

Build a global economy that will lift up—and not drag down—our people and all the people of the world.

No country now in transition will be able to accommodate demands for either economic security or social justice anytime soon.

The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

Other countries are developing well-being economies - we should do the same. That is the way to create a society which would stand the test of time - for everyone.

We want an economy that grows health and wellbeing, not debt and carbon emissions. An economy that prepares and protects us from shocks to come, rather than making them worse. An economy that shares resources to meet all our needs, regardless of background. An economy that lets us live.

As a society, we need to refocus on creating an economy that works for everyone. I believe the business community is in the best position to lead the way.

We need to transform the economy so it works for people and the planet.

Globalization can be shaped to ensure that people matter.

As we are pursuing economic growth and economic development, we have to make sure it happens with and by and for everyone. That everyone gets opportunity.

This present system by which industry is motivated exclusively by the quest for maximal profits - though it may have helped a great deal to develop, to industrialize our country so rapidly and so successfully - now it's clearly passed its usefulness. It is keeping us from achieving the ideal society that we should have. We say industry must produce to improve the quality of life for all our people.

Leadership has to be focused on some very radical ideas that only we as 21st Century people can talk about: making sure people have a livelihood, making sure people receive a living wage, making sure the environment, the Mother Earth, is embraced and cherished and not destroyed. Making sure people are healthy in what they eat, making sure we hold people and corporations accountable for the damage they do not only to our environment but to our institutions.

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

Regulate the banks, get money out of elections; raise the minimum wage, environmental issues. They're all very important and the Occupy movement made a difference. It shifted not only the discourse but to some extent, action on these issues.

We have to make our economy work for everyone - not just those at the top - protecting our country and protecting our planet.

If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world.

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.