Thomas Piketty Quotes

You don't have to be impoverished to understand poverty.

Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2. That aspect of education (beyond mere literacy) which takes account of quantitative aspects of reality.

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

Poverty affects people of all races.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

Just because you are poor and have no voice does not mean that you don’t deserve police protection.

One-fourth of the children in this country are poor—and they don't vote.

Poverty Corrodes Freedom

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

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't.

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic opportunities.

I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that.

When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.

More often than not, people who are poor... are right where they should be.

Conversations about money, culture, power, class - it's at the center of my identity. I think it's a combination of being born to immigrant parents, growing up relatively poor, and really living in a world where formal institutions, like banks and anywhere that you had to sign a contract, was really feared and avoided at all costs.

I always liked numbers.

If you don't have money or you come from a background that doesn't have money, it's harder to achieve your ambition in life. It's not that you can't, but it becomes harder. Inequality is one of the worst things that can exist in our society, so I am interested in those kind of things.

Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty.

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools.

You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.

My people are poor and I am one of them.

Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor

Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.