"The few own the many because they..." - Quote by Helen Keller
The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands - the ownership and control of their livelihoods - are set at naught, we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease.
More by Helen Keller
“When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.”
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.”
More on Inequality
“I have no interest in celebrities. If all the superrich disappeared, the world economy would not even notice. The superrich are irrelevant to the economy.”
“When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle.”
“Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that.”
More on Social Justice
“I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS.”
“Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.”
“Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.”