Income from labor [in the United States] is about as unequally distributed as has ever been observed anywhere.

Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.

If you want to brighten up a person's day.Give them a rainbow.

There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.

Man needs spiritual expression and nourishing... even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves.

... there is wisdom in madness and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everyone is capable of everything.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

It is clear we can make reforms to better ensure we are giving law enforcement all of the tools they need while maintaining the appropriate safeguards to protect the very freedoms we cherish.

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.