Theresa May Quotes

When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high perpetuation of inequality over time and low mobility.

The association of poverty with progress is the enigma of our times.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

The issue of wealth inequality is ... the great moral issue of our time.

So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.

There is an increase in inequality in the early stages of development.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

This country is very good at creating wealth, but not very good at distributing it.

To be concerned about inequality is not engaging in class warfare.

… perceptions of poverty have gone up because there’s been rising inequality.

The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country.

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

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

I started out young and idealistic, and it was all about social justice and fair distribution of resources. I didn't understand why everybody couldn't be equally prosperous.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

Rising inequality is toxic to growth. High levels of inequality exclude people - both as innovators and customers - diminishing both innovation and demand.

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that.

If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.

An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

The prime culprit in causing contemporary social inequality seems to be merit.

The poor will never cease out of the land.

Unequal wealth distribution is a risk factor for inequality that must be attacked by policies.

Income inequality is the central problem all the way across the world.