#wealth

Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing. ↗

— James Buchan

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What is wealth? A dream of fools. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

#fools #wealth

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#character #create #industry #self-control #sought

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. ↗

— Angela Davis

#bring #first #increase #less #paying

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#benefits #central #door #economy #long

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. ↗

— Epictetus

#be careful #better #careful #hopes #ignorant

Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#comfortable #complicates #extraordinarily #him #his

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt. ↗

— Susan George

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