Richard Rorty Quotes

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

I'm not running from the left; I'm running from the bottom. I'm running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.

I'm trying to stand up so that the middle class, the working class, can finally have a say. I put them as my No. 1 priority.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

I think the defining issue of our time is: Does the economic, social, and political system work for the middle class?

Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.

I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well.

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

There’s been an economic war going on in this country and the middle class and the poor have been losing..

The next time you hear me attacked as a socialist - like tomorrow - remember this: I don't believe that government should take over the grocery store down the street or control the means of production. But I believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a fair deal.

The people who talk about the middle class aren't upholding their interests in the legislature.

I stand with the working-class citizens.

We have an economy that's really geared toward rewarding the investor class. What are we doing to make sure that people who want to have a middle-class life are able to keep up?

The working class who toil everyday to pay their rent and put food on their families' tables are tired of being lectured by the fat cats in Washington and Brussels who preach what we need and when we need it.

I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of power. So the cleaners and bin men would have a lot more bargaining power.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer.

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.

Income inequity has to be addressed.