Kevin Rudd Quotes

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

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.

It's not class warfare to talk about fairness.

A strong economy is perfectly consistent with concern for equity and economic justice.

Fair Shares for All, is Labour's Call

We’ve taken care not to penalize the wealthy but we have to redistribute some income …It is through reform that we can obtain fairness in the modern world…A reformed welfare state is the only way to obtain social justice.

The battle to right the wrongs of income inequality is not – and cannot be – just a union issue. It is an issue for every American, union or non-union, white or of color, young or senior, straight or gay, income inequality is a battle for the very heart and soul of the nation.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

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.

What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission.

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible.

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice.

The superrich should pay higher taxes in order to restore the inclusive society that I grew up in.

I stand for the square deal.... I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and reward.

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

Our goal is a classless society.

I hope that liberty and equality and opportunity lie within your heart because the hopes of millions of Americans depend on it.

If Eleanor Roosevelt has her way, how are we going to tell the rich from the poor?