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““It is well worth our while to check out need against greed, and see where that takes us.””

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Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded…

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“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of…

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“THE UNFORGIVEN Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people: The kind who take and don't give. The kind…

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The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for…

Frederic Bastiat

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“The fact that they viewed their wealth as a result of their own hands, without any honor other than lip service being given to…

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“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.

St. Catherine of Siena

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“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.”

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Who does not know that kings and rulers sprang from men who were ignorant of God, who assumed because of blind greed and intolerable…

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''And one day when all is gone and mankind is lost, all he leaves is the desert.'' ''For man is his own demise the…

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“Wisdom teaches us that our real enemies are never other living beings. They are ignorance and its minions, including greed, hatred, anger, pride, and…

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“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises…

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