Alveda King Quotes

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

We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand.

We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?

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.

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

That’s not the way to create wealth The way to create wealth is to be fair to everybody.

In America, opportunity and equality are not a zero-sum game

This Government intends no injury to honest business. The processes we follow in seeking social justice do not, in adding to general prosperity, take from one and give to another. In this modern world, the spreading out of opportunity ought not to consist of robbing Peter to pay Paul. In other words, we are concerned with more than mere subtraction and addition. We are concerned with multiplication also -- multiplication of wealth through cooperative action, wealth in which all can share.

The economy must provide justice as well as prosperity.

… real prosperity can only come when everybody prospers.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

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

We want a Colorado that works for everybody.

I'm not against wealth; I just think everybody should have it, same as health.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.

Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie's not big enough, make a bigger pie.

Let's prove that the American dream is big enough for everyone to share in its promise.

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.

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

It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

I believe education is the great equalizer.

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.

You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also.