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“law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law”

— Oliver Goldsmith

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -Proverbs 22:7

— Bible

As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can…

— Angus Deaton

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

— Oscar Wilde

“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.” I gave further thought to the life of what we…

— Gary Keesee

Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot…

— Pythagoras

Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and proceedings, contrary to universal righteousness, are supported; and hence oppression, carried on with worldly policy…

— John Woolman

“Liberty is an affair of laws and institutions which bring rights and duties into equilibrium. It is not at all an affair of selecting…

— William Graham Sumner

I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man…

— H. L. Mencken

“Philosophy was right to vaunt liberty ; it is the foremost desire of all creatures. But philosophy forgot that in civilized societies liberty is…

— Charles Fourier

Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one…

— Will Durant

If I go through life free and rich, I shall not cry because my neighbor, equally free, is richer. Liberty will ultimately make all…

— Benjamin Tucker