Gerrard Winstanley Quotes

No man should be made poor so another man can be made rich.

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.

I believe in preferring the sanctity of human rights to the sanctity of property rights. I believe that the chief concern of government shall be for the poor because, as it is witnessed, the rich have ample means of their own to care for themselves.

We’ve taken care not to penalize the wealthy but we have to redistribute some income …It is through reform that we can obtain fairness in the modern world…A reformed welfare state is the only way to obtain social justice.

We hold the view that all men are created equal." Now, what did they mean by that? Did they mean, my friends, to say that all men were created equal and that that meant that any one man was born to inherit $10 billion and that another child was to be born to inherit nothing? Did that mean, my friends, that someone would come into this world without having had an opportunity, of course, to have hit one lick of work, should be born with more than it and all of its children and children's children could every dispose of, but that another one would have to be born into a life of starvation?

Our America is an America where human needs come before human greed.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed and lodged.

Especially in a rich nation, there is absolutely no reason why everyone couldn't and shouldn't have a life of dignity.

The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality.

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

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

If nobody has too much, everybody will have enough.

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

None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.

A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness and respect for every human being.

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

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

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So, it's about egalitarianism. It's about sharing things more equally. It's about access to natural resources.

We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.

What must a poor nation do when its very sustenance depends on the remains and bits that the nations gracefully throw them, once they have had their fill…. Our planet is rich enough to provide for all of us, so why this tragic war for life which has been clouding our lives for generations?

The social order we have built recognizes no exploitation of man by man. In our country there are no rich people to live at the expense of the workers and peasants. Just as there are no poor people living on the charity of others.