“Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those who can least protect themselves. It strikes hardest those millions of our citizens whose incomes do not quickly rise with the cost of living. When prices soar, the pensioner and the widow see their security undermined, the man of thrift sees his savings melt away; the white collar worker, the minister, and the teacher see their standards of living dragged down.” MenGivingWhitePoorDealsMillionsRichTeacherSecurityHe ManCitizensCostProtectStandardsWorkersStrikesIncomeHardestSavingMinistersSoarInflationSavingsHoodWidowsCollarsRobinsStandards Of LivingThriftRobin HoodWhite CollarCost Of Living Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“If exclusive privileges were not granted, and if the financial system would not tend to concentrate wealth, there would be few great fortunes and no quick wealth. When the means of growing rich is divided between a greater number of citizens, wealth will also be more evenly distributed; extreme poverty and extreme wealth would be also rare.” IfsMeanWould BeWealthNumbersPovertyRichGreaterGrowingCitizensFortuneFinancialPrivilegeExtremesGrantedDividedExclusiveFinancial SystemExtreme Poverty Author:Denis Diderot
“At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.” FirstsWellsLinesWealthAbilityPoorPayRichCitizensWorkersIncomeDoctrineCorporationsWidowsWaitressHousemaids Book:Income Tax: Root of All Evil Source: Income Tax: Root of All Evil
“The broad rich acres of our agricultural plains have been long preserved by nature to become her untrammeled gift to a people civilized and free, upon which should rest, in well-distributed ownership, the numerous homes of enlightened, equal, and fraternal citizens... Nor should our vast tracts of so-called desert lands be yielded up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individuals, as appears to be much the tendency under the existing statute.” PeopleShouldWellsLongHas BeensHomePoliticsIndividualEconomyRichLandCitizensEqualTendenciesCorporationsLiberalismEnlightenedCivilizedBroadsOwnershipMonopolyGraspingAcresStatutesFraternal Author:Grover Cleveland
“In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all. A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.” ShouldHumansDoeMadeCountryGovernmentLawNationsBlackWhitePoorCommonLibertyDestinyRichRightsCitizensProtectEqualLowsEqualityPursuitVarietyCitizenshipDelayEqual RightsPursuit Of HappinessRight To LifeHuman FamilyCompositesLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness Author:Frederick Douglass
“Men ruled the roost and women played a subservient role [in the 1960s]. Working wives were a rarity, because their place was in the home, bringing up the kids. The women who did work were treated as second-class citizens because it was a male-dominated society. That was a fact of life then. But it wouldn't be tolerated today, and that's quite right in my book... people look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful, white male.” PeopleIfsMenLooksBookHardFactsHomeKidsTodayWhitePowerfulClassRolesRichWifeCitizensMalesNostalgiaTreatedThickVeils1960sFacts Of LifeSubservientRaritySecond Class CitizensRoost Author:Jon Hamm
“I am a citizen of a country that has just undergone a thieved election, a country deeply and dangerously divided between rich and poor, but also between rich and middle class. What I believe in and what my government represents are not the same thing.” BelieveCountryGovernmentI BelievePoorClassRichMiddleCitizensElectionI Believe InMiddle ClassDividedRich And Poor Author:Adrienne Rich
“No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a very small number of very rich people, but by reaching out to a very large number of citizens.” PeopleThinkingMatterNumbersTalkingRichWonderfulCitizensCampaignsCandidatesReachingWhere You AreReach OutFundingRich PeopleLarge NumbersSmall Numbers Author:David Brooks
“Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of a free society.” Has BeensStruggleRichShareCitizensBenefitsOrdinaryProgressivePrivilegedFree SocietyOrdinary Citizens Author:Bill Moyers
“NC LIVE has the potential to give citizens across North Carolina immediate access to the rich array of information resources housed by the libraries on UNC's 16 campuses. It will allow unprecedented collaboration and sharing of resources among sister UNC institutions, the community colleges, and the state's public libraries.” GivingStatesCommunityRichInformationCollegeCitizensResourcesInstitutionsLibraryAccessCollaborationUnprecedentedCampusCarolinaNorth CarolinaPublic LibraryCommunity CollegeUnc Author:Molly Corbett Broad
“When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful that they haven't been made lords. Though powerful and rich, their attitude is that of beggars. For those who know how to be content, simple fare is more delicious than rich delicacies, a cloth coat is warmer than fox fur, and an ordinary citizen does not defer to a king or a lord.” PeopleKnowsDoeMadeGivenSimplePowerfulAttitudeLordKnow HowRichHavensKingsCitizensOrdinaryGoldBitterTaoismFoxesCoatsGreedyDeliciousJewelsBeggarFurDelicacyResentfulOrdinary CitizensGreedy People Author:Zicheng Hong
“We have to accept that capitalism is coming to an end. We can't provide paid employment for people, all the industries with technology are counter-intuitive to profit, and we have to have a transition to the conceptualist society. The only way to do it fairly is as a social democracy, a radical social democracy, which isn't compromised by neo-liberalism and isn't compromised by the rich, and isn't compromised by hegemonic, authoritarian interests: to have that balance between the government, the private sector, and then the individual citizens again.” PeopleWayEndsGovernmentIndividualSocialInterestAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyRichIndustryBalanceCitizensCapitalismPaidProfitEmploymentRadicalLiberalismTransitionIntuitivePrivate SectorComing To An EndSocial Democracy Author:Irvine Welsh
“A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me.” PeopleStillsCountryLiteratureRichCitizensMoon Author:Charles Kuralt