Money Worship Quotes
The Barbary Pirates of Algiers, led and controlled by the Bey or Dey (king) had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom. The only thing that the Algerians seemed to be interested in was money and religion.
This appears to be the origin of the term, “almighty dollar.”
This is the origin of the “Almighty Dollar” expression which became so popular.