Thurgood Marshall Quotes

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.

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

Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

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

Economic growth is the key. Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

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

Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.

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.

Without equality there can be no democracy.

Real equality is the soul of the state in a democracy

Every Man A King

We need to maintain law and order. We need to maintain peace in the world. We need to protect the environment. We need to have some degree of social justice, equality of opportunity. The markets are not designed to take care of those needs. That's a political process.

The function of democratic living is not to lower standards but to raise those that have been too low.

I have tried to suggest that injustice is not necessary economic -- that the economics can work, and has often worked, when the constituency for it is animated. The politics of equality -- that is a little harder.

Democrats are fighting to make sure that everyone, no matter your background, has a chance to get ahead.

I think this country is genuinely a meritocracy.

We need radical, transformative solutions to address the inequality that is blighting millions of people's lives.

Social justice and economics are both issues to me.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

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

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.