“Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive.” WellsArtPoliticalDarkRichMastersRepublicanDemocratPresidentialCandidatesSurprisingNegativityConsultantsPresidential CandidateGalenDark Art Author:Ron Fournier
“Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.” PeopleIfsMenShouldKindTwoYoungPoliticalThreeRichMilitaryExampleSonReadyOughtOffersMembersAll KindsCouncilInfluentialMilitary ServiceRich FamilyThree Sons Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“The gap between the rich and poor is growing among and within most nations. The political and social effects of unequal location of energy and other mineral resources are acute. Population numbers continue to climb. The global environment shows signs of widespread deterioration. Both natural and social environments are increasingly vulnerable to catastrophic disturbances... There may, however, be a cheering challenge in the possibility that out of its struggle with these realities the human race may move a bit nearer to behaving as if it were indeed one family.” IfsHumansMayShowsRealityMovingPoliticalEnergyNationsSocialBitsNaturalChallengesPoorNumbersRaceStruggleRichEnvironmentGrowingEffectsPossibilityResourcesEnvironmentalPopulationVulnerableHuman RaceClimbsGapsCheerLocationRich And PoorDisturbanceMineralsDeteriorationSocial EnvironmentMineral Resources Author:Gilbert F. White
“The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy.” PeopleAblePoliticalClassDemocracyRichRulingManipulate Author:Walter Cronkite
“Revolution: Political movement which gets many people´s hopes up, let´s even more people down, makes almost everybody uncomfortable, and a few, extraordinarily rich. It is widely held in high regard.” PeoplePoliticalRichMovementRevolutionRegardUncomfortablePolitical MovementsHopes Up Author:Adolfo Bioy Casares
“Slowly but certainly the proletarian, by every political reform which secures his well-being under new rules of insurance, of State control in education, of State medicine and the rest, is developing into the slave, leaving the rich man apart and free. All industrial civilization is clearly moving towards the re-establishment of the Servile State.” MenWellsStatesWisdomMovingPoliticalPoliticsEconomyRichCivilizationMedicineSlaveLeavingReformDevelopingWell BeingLiberalismEstablishmentRich ManPolitical Reform Book:Essays of a Catholic Source: Essays of a Catholic
“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.” PeopleLittlesDoeUsePoliticalInterestRichInfluenceTaxesGainsLots Of MoneyFundamentalismRich PeoplePolitical Influence Author:George Soros
“THE ABULON DANCE is an intricate and fast-paced novel of political intrigue and clashing alien cultures. The characterizations are rich, detailed, and subtle, the action engrossing. I finished it in a single sitting.” ActionPoliticalCultureNovelRichSittingFinishedAliensSubtleIntrigueFast PacedIntricateCharacterization Author:Robin Wayne Bailey
“The man possessed of a dollar, feels himself to be not merely one hundred cents richer, but also one hundred cents better, than the man who is penniless; so on through all the gradations of earthly possessions - the estimate of our own moral and political importance swelling always in a ratio exactly proportionate to the growth of our purse.” MenFeelsPoliticalGrowthPoorMoralRichHe ManHundredImportanceDollarsPossessionPossessedCentsPursesRich And PoorRatiosSwellingEarthly Possessions Author:Frances Wright
“the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century.” PoliticalNationsPoorRichCenturyInternationalThemeDistinctionDominantRich And PoorPoor Nations Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“When you're a political leader, when you represent the entire state or the entire country, not just Republicans or not just Democrats or not just the poor or not just the rich, you have to really represent everybody. No matter who contributes money, when you win, you represent everyone.” CountryMatterStatesPoliticalWinningPoorLeaderRichRepublicanDemocratPolitical Leaders Author:David Shuster
“People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by today's busybody rich, who feed their own egos by bankrolling political crusades on the left which hurt the very people that the left claims to care about -- working people, minorities, and children.” PeopleKindChildrenDoneCareTodayPoliticalUsedLeftHurtRichEgoClaimsHarmComplainingMinoritiesIdleCrusadesBeing DoneBusybodies Author:Thomas Sowell
“The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.” PoliticalPoorRichTaxesRate Author:Michael Parenti