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title: "10 Wealthy Individuals Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-chin/private-equity-has-been-the-purview-of-super-wealthy-individuals-and/)

[Michael Lee-Chin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-chin/)

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> [Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/art-collecting-has-traditionally-been-the-domain-of-wealthy/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [Wealthy individuals bought themselves a radical right party, believing - correctly - that it would cut their taxes and remove regulations, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/wealthy-individuals-bought-themselves-a-radical-right-party-believing/)

[Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/paul-krugman-2255_believe_wealthy-individuals-bought-themselves-a_1901305.png)

> [Wealthy individuals have always had the capacity to influence politics, of course, but only after two key campaign finance cases - Wisconsin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/wealthy-individuals-have-always-had-the-capacity-to-influence/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little Mubaraks - most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/four-hundred-obscenely-wealthy-individuals-400-little-mubaraks-most/)

[Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/)

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> [There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/there-are-party-leaders-big-corporation-wall-street-there-are-very/)

[Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/)

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> [“amortized? Put differently, the vast majority of individuals, including wealthy individuals and families, find it hard to think outside the box and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-j-anderson/amortized-put-differently-the-vast-majority-of-individuals-including/)

[Thomas J. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-j-anderson/)

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> [Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/politically-as-a-result-of-citizens-united-billionaires-are-now-able/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [It is all too easy for the liberal media to stir up the irrational hatreds of millions of people, who see themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ringer/it-is-all-too-easy-for-the-liberal-media-to-stir-up-the-irrational/)

[Robert Ringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ringer/)

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> [“Excessive consumption was not seen as a desirable sign of membership of an elite, but as a warning: it was wealth for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-jones/excessive-consumption-was-not-seen-as-a-desirable-sign-of-membership/)

[Peter Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-jones/)

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