Jacinda Ardern Quotes

As someone who has dealt with economic hardship, I am committed to making the changes necessary for our country to become more equitable. And to do so, I believe we need to think big.

I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

We aim to restore our focus on building an economy in which all South Africans can flourish, an economy which benefits the people as a whole rather than a privileged few.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?

Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.

We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.

I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around us, you can't afford to be anything else.

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

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common working men.

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

In order to have economic democracy you have to have equal access to property.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race, economic independence.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

Prohibiting Poverty

I don't believe we need to choose between addressing economic issues and addressing issues of social or racial justice.

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

We can't just be the party of redistribution of wealth; we need to be the party of the creation of wealth in communities all over the country, not to just Silicon Valley, not just Wall Street, but all over.

We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.

I'm trying to stand up so that the middle class, the working class, can finally have a say. I put them as my No. 1 priority.

We are a big economy, and we must, therefore, show that we can manage it, but not only manage it, but that can transform it so that this economy works for all of our people so that everyone feels that they have a stake in this economy.

We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don't do these things, we shouldn't be surprised that racial inequality persists because inequalities compound.