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The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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That the powers of labour, and of the other instruments which produce wealth, may be indefinitely increased by using their products as the means of further production. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

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I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. ↗

— Peter Singer

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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists. ↗

— Herbert Read

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There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it. ↗

— Helen Reddy

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We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow. ↗

— Ann Romney

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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous. ↗

— R. W. Apple, Jr.

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