Quotes about Inequity

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

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.”

The sole equality on earth is death.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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