“The president is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy and reductions in spending for domestic needs,”
Charles Rangel
“[On the president's tax proposal, he argued that the president] wants to make the wealthy wealthier. ... It's been basically scraps for the investments in education and in healthcare.”
Edward Kennedy
“The vast majority of tax cuts (under Bush) went to special interests, select corporations, and our most privileged and wealthy citizens. They gave the wealthy and most powerful the vast majority of your tax breaks and gave everyone else a few crumbs and told them they've been to the party.”
Dan Gelber
“Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.”
C. Wright Mills
“If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.”
Benjamin Franklin
“No, I'm not wealthy.”
Benny Hinn
“[Some of the lands held by Muslims were wealthy. Tariq Ali, the author of] The Book of Saladin, ... Nothing is ever motivated purely by religion or ideology. They wanted the money. It was as simple as that.”
Godfrey of Bouillon
