#wealthy

The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws. ↗

— Michael Moore

#close #eliminated #enriches #ever #keep

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

#even #gone #here #i #interesting

True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them. ↗

— George D. Aiken

#american #american people #belong #conservation #easy

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#being #being broke #broke #did #going

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

It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite. ↗

— Peter Singer

#become #controlled #democracy #elite #fact

I'm going to fight until the end. My husband is worth it. He wanted me to have it. He was worth a lot. He was a very, very wealthy man. ↗

— Anna Nicole Smith

#fight #going #husband #i #lot

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills. ↗

— Jim Talent

#assets #avoid #bills #corporate #criminals

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy. ↗

— Terence

#always #fate #how #least #should

In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#civilization #consequences #environment #foresight #insight