#wealthy

Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which to employ them. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#compelled #employ #had #like #many

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#beyond #borders #change #climate #climate change

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. ↗

— Robert G. Allen

#become #case #do you know #how #i

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#long #sunday #wealthy

You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy. ↗

— Jo Brand

#bit #came #down #martian #media

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#citizens #created #cutting #elderly #fortunate

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy. ↗

— Silvia Cartwright

#developed #developed world #greatly #individual #luxury

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#art #science #surrounded #wealthy #well

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

I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts. ↗

— Andrew Young

#acquire #anyone #concluded #i #mind