Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

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

When governance improves, there will be less have-nots and more haves.

The core principle is that we want an economy that works for everyone, not just for a small elite. We want equal opportunity, not equality of outcome. We want to make sure that there's upward mobility again, in our society and in our economy.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you.

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.

President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities.

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.

The best social programs we've had in this country are those that have united the middle class and the poor.

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

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

The global economy should not be supported by wage earners. They have to be able to build a future like any other human being.

Labour’s message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some.

It's not class warfare to talk about fairness.

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

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.

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

We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

Working together, we will continue to lay the foundation for a new generation of inclusive economic growth, expand economic opportunity for middle-class families, and ensure that innovative businesses have the support they need to thrive and grow in the years to come.

There should be whole-hearted, full commitment to remove poverty - only we are doing it.

We are a big economy, and we must, therefore, show that we can manage it, but not only manage it, but that can transform it so that this economy works for all of our people so that everyone feels that they have a stake in this economy.