Quotes about Inequity

So in Psalm 73, when life is inequitable, the speaker is aware of a skewed relationship in which one is less than human: When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you. (Ps. 73:21-22; cf. 102:7-8)49

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

She is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.

Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more were desperate for want of employment?

The sole equality on earth is death.

I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.