Imbalance Quote by Plutarch

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

— Anonymous

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

— Anonymous

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.

— Zong Qinghou

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

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

When the rich rage war it is the poor who die.

— Linkin Park

“In 54 of the 68 poorest countries where 97% of mother and child deaths occur there are glaring disparities between rich and poor.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

— George Herbert

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The World Has Divided into Rich and Poor as at No Time in History

— Maude Barlow