(7 quotes found)
“Isn't it amazing that our governing officials can so readily identify violations of the rights and abuse of people in OTHER nations and are so willing to pontificate, moralize, chastise, and threaten other governments, even use military power, to ensure that THEIR people can speak out freely against injustice, corruption, and exploitation, while turning a blind eye to the violation of the rights and the abuse of people right outside their windows and on the streets of our own country.”
Camillo Mac Bica
“The 1% has still to cover 99% of the distance to reach their goal. The journey has just begun.”
Muhammed Haider
“The system’s not broken. It’s fixed.”
Occupy Wall Street (OWS)
“... inequality matters ... is what it takes to live a decent life. If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
Bill Moyers
“Political equality is meaningless in the face of economic inequality.”
Economic
“... inequality matters ... If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
“America to withdraw its troops from Iraq ahead of schedule. To prepare for the "civil war" brewing back home?”
