The best is the enemy of good.
VoltaireTags: ambition good desires greed best insatiability
These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began-
Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man.
Tags: curiosity greed ape kite crocodile
Tags: compassion ethics capitalism greed
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J.R.R. TolkienSo the unwanting soul
sees what's hidden,
and the ever-wanting soul
sees only what it wants.
Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion.
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.
They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution.
They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
Tags: politics wealth patriotism greed fascism big-business
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.
Henry A. WallaceTags: money politics power greed fascism
In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.
Henry A. WallaceTags: money democracy greed business monopolies
Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
Gustave FlaubertYou have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.
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