Mark Zuckerberg Quotes

I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

Connectivity just can't be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation, and that's why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can.

Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people can’t. But I don’t believe that the federal government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, when there is a moral factor involved.

Connectivity is a human right.

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

There’s just too much money in the hands of too few.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

The political and social costs of adjusting to a common currency … have fallen disproportionately on the poor and the powerless. Over the past 2 years, the EU has called for cuts in the minimum wage and government spending, but it has asked less of wealthy citizens, bankers, and the citizens of surplus countries.

I believe that interconnectivity is a human right.

The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country.

We must ensure the economy really works for all, to address unconscionable wealth and income disparities that allow access to opportunity for some over others.

The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality.

The Internet has done so much for so many. It allows women and minorities to have access to education, training, and information that sometimes isn't available to them for whatever reason.

There are some who ask us to believe that if we want the best of times for ourselves, the fit and the fortunate, then we'll just have to learn to live with the worst of times for millions of other Americans - that we're doomed to be a nation of the lucky and the left-out. I don't believe it. My mother didn't believe it. Your ancestors didn't believe it. And I don't think you should believe it.

We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing.

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.

Our mission is to connect every person in the world. You don't do that by having a service people pay for.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and holding a higher percentage of money or wealth that's out there.

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.