Assembly Quote by John Adams

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for…

— Thomas Paine

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

Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor. Let us…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“No society can be simultaneously fair, free, and equal. If it is fair, people who work harder can accumulate more. If it is free,…

— Steven Pinker

Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.

— Mason Cooley

The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain…

— Wallace D. Wattles

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and…

— Anatole France

If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this unjust? .…

— Aristotle

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

— Anatole France

The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law for the…

— George Bernard Shaw

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Nothing is more difficult than to equalize the action of the government in reference to the various and diversified interests of the community; and…

— John C. Calhoun