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Disproportionately Quotes

Lines on burdens that fall unevenly.

This page gathers quotes that describe unequal impact, from forced labor's toll on vulnerable workers and Children to policing practices that critics say target certain neighborhoods more than others.

There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.

Quotes by Yvette Clarke

American Indian and Alaska Native people suffer from unacceptable and disproportionately high levels of violence, which can have lasting impacts on families and communities.

Quotes by William Barr

Forced labor affects the most vulnerable and least protected people, perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. Women, low-skilled migrant workers, children, indigenous peoples, and other groups suffering discrimination on different grounds are disproportionately affected.

Quotes by Wagner Moura

I think dementia is the major healthcare threat to our economy and our security. It's a ticking time bomb - we have a whole generation of baby boomers that are going to age, many progressing to get Alzheimer's - which...

Quotes by Vivek Ramaswamy

Age Quotes

Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death,...

Quotes by Vikram Patel

The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.

Quotes by S. J. Rozan

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome.

Quotes by Robert Casey

Here in Britain, black people are disproportionately targeted, arrested and imprisoned for drug offences, while organised and violent crime are granted a massive source of revenue.

Quotes by Owen Jones

While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease.

Quotes by Mike Simpson

America Quotes

In America, the problems of poverty and low income, particularly for minorities, are disproportionately focused in the inner cities. Shining a spotlight on the businesses growing in these communities is proof that any community has the potential for entrepreneurship.

Quotes by Michael Porter

In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used it to engage in cynical and anti-democratic obstructionism whenever they find themselves in the minority.

Quotes by Mehdi Hasan

America's soldiery, like its war dead, comes disproportionately from its southern states and from its aspiring poor - both white and black.

Quotes by Linda Colley

Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor.

Quotes by Larry Elder

Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

Black Quotes

There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.

Quotes by Gray Davis

Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.

Quotes by Grace Napolitano

In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law.

Quotes by Eric Schneiderman

Prisoners have benefited disproportionately from 'rights inflation' - the expansion of human rights into unforeseen nooks and crannies.

Quotes by Dominic Raab

When you have all these new police officers and resource officers coming into schools, what I'm worried is going to happen is we're going to increase the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately affects students of color and lower social status.

Quotes by David Hogg

Children Quotes

Our cultural industries are our biggest export, our biggest manufacturing base. Every pound spent on art education brings disproportionately large returns. It's the biggest bang for our buck. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In fact, the more you...

Quotes by Cornelia Parker

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Disproportionately quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes about effects, laws, or crises that land unevenly on certain groups of people. The lines touch on labor, policing, health, and economic policy, showing how burdens rarely spread evenly across a population.
Why do people search for quotes about disproportionate impact?
Readers often want a concise line for essays or speeches on fairness and social policy, since a single well-chosen quote can summarize a complex imbalance more clearly than a long explanation.
Do these quotes take a side on policing or Prohibition-era debates?
No. The page includes a quote raising questions about Stop-and-Frisk policing and another about Prohibition-era rules burdening the poor, but it does not endorse a political position on either. They are included as documented viewpoints for readers to weigh.
Which groups do these quotes describe as hit hardest by unfair systems?
One quote names women, low-skilled migrant workers, children, and indigenous peoples as those most affected by forced labor. Another points to an aging generation facing rising dementia rates as a growing healthcare burden, a theme also touched on in Age quotes.
Why is Prohibition included alongside modern policy topics here?
It is cited as a historical example of the same pattern - a policy meant to serve a broader goal that, in practice, fell hardest on people with the fewest legal alternatives, echoing concerns raised about present-day policy as well.

Other lines here look at dementia's growing weight on an Age-ing population and how Prohibition-style rules historically fell hardest on the poor. Related reading: Black quotes.