Contributing Quote by Robert Reich

It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to…

— Geoff Mulgan

The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of…

— Edmund Burke

The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and…

— Rush Limbaugh

The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

— Thomas Peterffy

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

— George Osborne

The richer people, when they get another $100,000, or another million, or 10 million, don't tend to spend it as much as the poorer…

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

When people ask, "Why should the rich pay a larger percent of their income than middle-income people?" - my answer is not an answer…

— Ralph Nader

As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The…

— Robert Reich

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

— Ellen G. White

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be…

— Robert Payne

The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broadly - of which the rich should give…

— Bill Gates