Inequality Quotes

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Inequality Quotes

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"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

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Inequality quotes are concise, memorable sayings that capture timeless wisdom about inequality, drawn from philosophers, leaders, authors and thinkers across cultures and centuries.

Some of the most celebrated inequality quotes come from Adam Smith, among many others featured on this page.

Popular inequality quotes include: "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. An insight drawn from the invisible hand." -- Adam Smith Also: "Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. An insight drawn from the invisible hand." -- Adam Smith.

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