#wealth

Wars are caused by undefended wealth. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#wars #wealth

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon. ↗

— Howard Dean

#balcony #bush #compassionate #donors #efforts

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#come #community #conventional #eyes #indefinite

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. ↗

— Epictetus

#consists #few #great #having #possessions

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ↗

— George Eliot

#encourages #excellence #generally #life #shows

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#economic #father #gave #generation #land

And because of these programs like Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, we now have the healthiest and wealthiest group of senior citizens that the world has ever seen. This is a continuing commitment to that. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#citizens #commitment #continuing #ever #group

All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#been #i #life #my life #people

For the fifth year in a row, the Bush budget cuts city core services to pay for wealthy tax breaks. And once again, the mayor's requests were not funded. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

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