Woodrow Wilson Quotes

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.

In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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

When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

It is unjust to let any starve, when we think it just to limit the wages of the poor, so as they can lay up nothing against the time of their impotency and want of work.

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

Huge inequality gaps in a democratic society will tend to erode the respect for and security of doctrines of private property. The large majority must either own property or have reasonable prospects of attaining property if they are to support and maintain private property laws and traditions.

The wealthy have a responsibility to invest in addressing inequality. This is especially true when constraints on others are so great.

Inequality of income is bad for everyone, not just the poor and the middle class.

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

I'm very keen that we have this debate about the good parts of inequality and the bad parts of inequality. It's not a one-sided thing.

I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars, it's no skin off my nose.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all, become aware of it. We have to take responsibility for it. And then we have to do something about it for our own freedom, for our own salvation, for our own humanity.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty.

I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.

Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share.