"Greed is permanent slavery" — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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• Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
• The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at… — James A. Baldwin
• Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. — Edward Abbey
• When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed.… — Joe Biden
• Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
• The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake
• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
• People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. — Aesop
• It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is… — Samuel Butler
• We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all. — Eric Cantona

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