Wealth Influence Quotes

I care not who forms the government of a country, so long as I control the purse strings.

Give the votes to people who have no property and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what, in a sense, market fundamentalism does, because it is in the interests of people who have a lot of money to have as little taxes as possible.

I made a lot of money, but you can dangerously let it lead you on. It depends what company you keep.

A politician that is poor is a poor politician.

Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don't think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive.

There are persons who constantly clamor. They complain of oppression, speculation, and pernicious influence of wealth. They cry out loudly against all banks and corporations, and a means by which small capitalists become united in order to produce important and beneficial results. They carry on mad hostility against all established institutions. They would choke the fountain of industry and dry all streams.

The NBA makes you become a bigger version of what you already were. If you were somebody who was not so nice and you came into a lot of money and fame, then you're probably going to abuse that in the wrong way. But if you come into those things and you were doing the right things, then chances are you're going to do more of the right things.

What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world.

… [a] blowbriating ignoramous … Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

Money is the key that opens all locks.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

The poor generally follow behavior patterns established by the rich.

The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.

Whosoever has money has power. It's not about a label. If you have money tomorrow, you will be powerful.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know that he is.

All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.

…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…

Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.

In the last presidential election Obama and Romney raised about $1 billion each. The Koch brothers, the second wealthiest family in America, now say they will raise nearly $1 billion for the 2016 elections. When one family can raise as much as an entire party, the system is broken. This is oligarchy, not democracy. We must overturn Citizens United.

For billionaires who cannot buy good press, there is the option of buying the press.

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they're not really the establishment. I can't obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we've seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.