Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.
Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.
The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.
Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done.
Money and power are not your true rewards. Your name, your principles, your impeccable standards, your virtuous conduct, and remains an influence with others long after you are gone.
All of us desire a better state of society. But society cannot become better before two great tasks are performed.Unless peace can be firmly established and the prevailing obsession with money and power profoundly modified, there is no hope of any desirable change being made.
In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by their unbiased suffrages or whether the money and power of a great corporation are to be secretly exerted to influence their judgment and control their decisions.
The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.
When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power already. This is why government benefits usually go to people who don't need benefits from government. Government may make some environmental improvements, but these will be improvements for rich bird-watchers. And no one in government will remember that when poor people go bird-watching they do it at Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.
Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and making us always want to have more, never satisfied. ‘Put on Christ’ in your life, place your trust in him, and you will never be disappointed!
This Federal Reserve Act establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Wilson) signs this bill the invisible government of the Monetary Power will be legalized.
People, you see... are ruthless and foolish. When they're young, in order to have money and power, they give up everything like health and youth. And when they get sick, become old, and have all the money and power... in order to find their health and youth again, they spend all of the wealth they've wasted so much energy and time to accumulate.
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.
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