social justice Quotes

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.

I don't believe in creating dynastic wealth. I don't really believe that in a society that aspires to be meritocratic and that believes in equality of opportunity - my kids have had advantage over 99 percent of the kids in... ...

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for... ...

The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.

The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize it. So the children died because their mothers and their fathers had no power in the market and... ...

If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States.

Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.

Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a healthy, prosperous future for everyone is a goal I believe we all share.

The billion people who wake up every day trying to figure out if they have enough food to eat won't be at Davos.