#weal

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. ↗

— George Santayana

#adorn #among #any #away #beautiful

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. ↗

— George Santayana

#military #more #religion #rhetorical #than

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#belts #commonwealth #going #i #three

The real reason to oppose increasing tax rates on the wealthy is that it's a good bet they could do more to help the economy if they keep their money rather than have their earnings confiscated by the government and spent on another round of stimulus. ↗

— Terry Savage

#bet #confiscated #could #earnings #economy

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#freedom #giant #hostile #island #our

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#either #else #expect #fund #know

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#drink #fame #like #more #same

We certainly could have voted on making the middle-class tax cuts and tax cuts for working families permanent had the Republicans not insisted that the only way they would support those tax breaks is if we also added $700 billion to the deficit to give tax breaks to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. That's what was really disturbing. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#also #billion #breaks #certainly #could

Voters did say 'repeal health care,' they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.' ↗

— Charles Schumer

#breaks #care #did #give #government

In the large cities that received new Americans, there flowered a golden age of restaurants, manned by the available talent from abroad and fueled by the restless wealth of the newly rich. ↗

— David Joseph Schwartz

#age #available #cities #fueled #golden