Charles Krauthammer Quotes

Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

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.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Labour’s message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

It's not class warfare to talk about fairness.

Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people can’t. But I don’t believe that the federal government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, when there is a moral factor involved.

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

I think when I was in college I thought that, you know, like, sort of giving everyone an equal amount and spreading it around seems like a wonderful idea.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

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

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.

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

Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

The superrich should pay higher taxes in order to restore the inclusive society that I grew up in.

I stand for the square deal.... I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and reward.

Fair Shares for All, is Labour's Call

Education … is the great equalizer of all the other conditions of men.