Chrystia Freeland Quotes

For the good of Spain, I should like there to be rather fewer rich people and rather fewer poor.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

One thing that is clearly not maximized by free markets is equality. I am talking not about that pale substitute for equality known as equality of opportunity but about equality itself.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible.

Government has a responsibility to the have-nots.

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.

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.

The best social programs we've had in this country are those that have united the middle class and the poor.

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

It's not class warfare to talk about fairness.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

We used to wage war on poverty—not poor people.

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.

When governance improves, there will be less have-nots and more haves.

Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it.

Rising inequality is not a law of nature - it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political and economic arrangements, and those arrangements can be changed.

Instead of helping a lucky few to escape disadvantage, a Labour government will aim to abolish poverty completely and create a more equal society, raising the living standards and well-being of all.

We need to build an Argentina with zero poverty.

You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.