Acquire Quote by Sheldon Richman

The redistribution of wealth creates dependence on the people to whom it is redistributed, it doesn't incentivize them to create their own wealth.

— Andrew Napolitano

“We need to start by asking one very simple question: where does wealth come from? The answer, as we’ve seen, is that it is…

— Don Watkins

“Wealth is not distributed by society: it is produced and traded by the people who create it. To distribute it, society would first have…

— Don Watkins

“Everyone wants wealth to some extent or another, but few have it. The difference between those who have wealth and those who do not…

— Stephen Richards

I believe that any society that allows the creation of legitimate wealth expects that the wealth be used for its benefit.

— Rohini Nilekani

Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.

— Calvin Coolidge

“We were born a nation of entrepreneurs. That is why so many people came to this country from so many different nations and cultures…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution -- because I actually…

— Barack Obama

the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.

— Anita Roddick

A healthy desire for wealth is not greed. It's a desire for life.

— Jen Sincero

“Government does not create wealth; it redistributes it. Whatever it gives you it must first take from someone else.”

— Robert W. McGee

Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the…

— Henry Ford