Democracy Quote by Ilana Mercer

The absence of effective State, and, especially, national, restraint upon unfair money-getting has tended to create a small class of enormously wealthy and economically…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

— H. L. Mencken

“At the beginning a man was wealthy because he was powerful — now he is powerful because he has money. Intellect reaches the throne…

— Oswald Spengler

A man's wealth can...also be measured by what he doesn't have and doesn't want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.

— Bill Bonner

A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1% is a…

— Lawrence Lessig

“One word: power. The more politicians can control your access to your own wealth and earnings, the more powerful they are. The more politicians…

— Neal Boortz

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

— John D. Rockefeller

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

The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things.

— T. Harv Eker

Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few threatens the ability of ordinary people to raise their voices and have a say…

— Winnie Byanyima