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Rich vs. poor21 quotes
We are the 99 Percent. — Priscilla Grim · 2011Great Estates may venture more;
Little Boats must keep near Shore. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751The poor have little,
Beggars none;
The rich too much,
Enough not one. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisWhen the rich wage war it's the poor who die. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1951The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937All 21 quotes →Economic inequality6 quotes
We are the 99 Percent. — Priscilla Grim · 2011The poor have little,
Beggars none;
The rich too much,
Enough not one. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. — Henry George · 1879If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Only the little people pay taxes. — Leona Helmsley · 1989Law3 quotes
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisLaws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1764Anacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich. — Anacharsis · 119Poverty3 quotes
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better. — Beatrice Kaufman · 1937To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E.M. Forster · 1910There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Nature of law2 quotes
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisAnacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich. — Anacharsis · 119The poor2 quotes
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Wealth2 quotes
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better. — Beatrice Kaufman · 1937To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E.M. Forster · 1910Appetite for risk1 quote
Great Estates may venture more;
Little Boats must keep near Shore. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751Cruelty1 quote
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Equality1 quote
The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. — Bertrand Russell · 1932Generosity1 quote
Usually the people who are the most generous are the people who have the least to give. I learned this first hand as a newspaper carrier when I was 12 years old. The biggest tips came from the poorest people. — Keith Haring · 1986Legal inequality1 quote
One law for the rich, and another for the poor. — Hugh Sempill · 1793Leisure1 quote
The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. — Bertrand Russell · 1932Man and animals1 quote
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Man's cruelty to man1 quote
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Money1 quote
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Risk1 quote
Great Estates may venture more;
Little Boats must keep near Shore. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751Taking risks1 quote
Great Estates may venture more;
Little Boats must keep near Shore. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751Taxes1 quote
Only the little people pay taxes. — Leona Helmsley · 1989The rich1 quote
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904War1 quote
When the rich wage war it's the poor who die. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1951