- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wealth Quotes
What money builds, and what it costs.
This selection isn't shy about contradiction: one voice describes wealth and poverty living side by side in Mexico with real cordiality, while another credits an entire way of life for producing greater prosperity and comfort, in the vein of Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the two centuries since the publication of 'The Wealth of Nations,' the main activity of economists, it seems to me, has been to fill the gaps in Adam Smith's system, to correct his errors and to make his analysis vastly more exact.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aggression and forced redistribution of wealth has nothing to do with the teachings of the world's great religions.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that India lacks a level of philanthropy that is proportional to the wealth that is here, particularly among the top 5,000 industrialists and entrepreneurs.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
For most Indians in America, wealth is not inherited. Neither do we make it as heads of large hedge funds and private equity funds. For us to make it to the top, we have to use our knowhow to create great new technology products and build high-tech companies.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can enlist on the side of good by prospering, making money and using our wealth to help others.
- Communism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human population supplies the labor necessary for the creation of wealth; carbon supplies the matter and energy.
- Key
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key thing about wealth in a capitalist economy is that it reproduces itself and usually earns a positive net return.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growth theory did not begin with my articles of 1956 and 1957, and it certainly did not end there. Maybe it began with 'The Wealth of Nations'; and probably even Adam Smith had predecessors.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.
- Permanent
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by dynastic wealth.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020