Excess Quote by Michael Pare

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

The extremely wealthy have disproportionate influence on policies that impact us all. This corrupts our politics and leads to poorer people being denied the…

— Winnie Byanyima

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

— Noam Chomsky

On inequality, I contend that far too much of the nation's wealth and income is gravitating to too few. This undermines the democracy we…

— James Stone

Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.

— George Will

“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom that results…

— Charles Moore

Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and…

— Ai Weiwei

Many people in society are mastered by their money, unable to control their greed.

— Craig Williams

Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you…

— Will Self

Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and…

— Winnie Byanyima

The massive upward distribution of wealth engineered by our political class over the last few decades has solidified the plutocratic control of the rule-making…

— Bill Moyers

“what it is: an oligarchy,” declared McKinnon. “The system is controlled by a handful of ultra-wealthy people, most of whom got rich from the…

— Jane Mayer