Money Quote by George Monbiot

The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians of our…

— Jacob Schiff

The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken…

— Edward Carpenter

The truth is, you leave this world with nothing. What you are is a temporary administrator, and you must administer well... the wealth in…

— Carlos Slim

If people do not consume their whole incomes, the non-consumed surplus can be invested, it increases the amount of capital goods available and thereby…

— Ludwig von Mises

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

— Andrew Carnegie

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

— Andrew Carnegie

The realization that I came to is that each citizen for himself or herself understands the economics, which is, "I better make more than…

— David Mamet

Any surplus is immoral.

— Jenny Holzer

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

— Roger Starr

Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as it is…

— Ilana Mercer

Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.

— Calvin Coolidge

The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.

— George Eastman