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Income from labor [in the United States] is about as unequally distributed as has ever been observed anywhere.

Income from labor [in the United States] is about as unequally distributed as has ever been observed anywhere.
– Thomas Piketty

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  2. No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country…we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us. – Luis Valdez
  3. The United States has never been in a united state, it has never been a united state. It never will. Lines on screens and paper do not change that. – Justin K McFarlane Beau
  4. Over the last fifteen months we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been to fifty-seven states. I think, one left to go. – Barack Obama
  5. The Awakened One sees the observer and the observed as one. The unawakened one sees the observer and the observed as different. – Sri Amma Bhagwan
  6. I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one’s income is ever quite sufficient, you know). – Anthony Hope
  7. The Bible nowhere states that people before the law observed the Sabbath as a day of rest or worship. – David K Bernard
  8. Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit upon the wall or travel to far lands. – George S Clason
  9. Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit on the wall or travel to far lands. – George S Clason
  10. Broadly speaking, there are only two ways human beings can make an income: …by contributing to society or they can extract an income from society – Martin Adams
  11. Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level? – Miles Anthony Smith
  12. Mother, death, love — everyone shares, unequally, those three poles of fascination. – Kamel Daoud
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  14. Protectionism does not produce wealth, and free trade and economic openness are ultimately in everyone’s interest – Thomas Piketty
  15. A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. – Victor Hugo
  16. Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded. – Karl Marx
  17. United States: the country where liberty is a statue. – Nicanor Parra
  18. The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth, and prosperity in a world hostile to our values. – Phyllis Schlafly
  19. The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. – William McKinley
  20. Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings. – F Scott Fitzgerald
  21. Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States . . . – Katy Evans
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  23. They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever. – Mark Twain
  24. Yes, 1960’s North American sitcoms have led me to study the United States 1920’s and 1930’s crime bosses-” QET Jenkins – Kim Welsman
  25. While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic. – James MacDonald
  26. While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic. – James MacDonald
  27. What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope. – Audre Lorde
  28. Nearly every historic fruit and vegetable variety once found in the United States has disappeared. – Preeti Simran Sethi
  29. There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States. – Howard Zinn
  30. The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion. – AE Samaan
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  33. We are in the energy dictatorship that calls itself the United States of America. – Steven Magee
  34. According lecture, entire effort United States to incite desire, inflict want, inspire demand. – Chuck Palahniuk
  35. Total violent crime in the United States 2013: (Number:1,163,146), (Rate per 100,000: 367.9). – Federal Bureau of Investigation
  36. There is no one in the United States over the age of 18 who cannot be indicted for some federal crime. That is not an exaggeration. – John Baker
  37. …[T]he United States is the land of formal democratic enclosure… – Fred Moten
  38. The United States is democratic because its people live in conformity. It is the perfect country for mice. – Warren Eyster
  39. The United States has never done away with slavery; we just stopped calling it such. These days, we call it free-market capitalism. – Michelle Templet
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