"If you're low-income in the United States,..." - Quote by Bill Gates
If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.
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“The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.”
“Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.”
“This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It`s not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.”
More on Social Justice
“So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.”
“Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice.”
“If we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty ... not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for markets and economic growth, but ultimately that despair may turn to violence that turns on us.”
More on Inequality
“It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.”
“When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.”
“There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco. It's very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.”