Character Quote by Alexander Hamilton

As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his…

— Samuel Johnson

“Life and history have repeatedly taught us that values and virtues are far much stronger than the physical wealth we often see. For material…

— Sunday Adelaja

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato

“You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too…

— Mohsin Hamid

“There is a greater strength than wealth, and it is greater because it cannot be taken away. Our strength, the strength of the proletariat,…

— Jack London

“Uniting the many challenges to the commercial meritocratic ideal is a threefold plea, that we cease investing with moral connotations something as apparently haphazardly…

— Alain de Botton

“Making the rich poorer does not make the poor richer, but it does make the state stronger—and it does increase the power of officials…

— Keith Joseph

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society…

— Andrew Jackson

There is no greater wealth than Virtue, and no greater loss than to forget it.

— Thiruvalluvar

“It is true that wealth buys power and influence, but it does not buy morality, or kindness, or compassion. The pursuit of wealth can…

— Joseph M. Marshall III