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“Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary consequence, with moral symbols, sacred emblems, or legal formulae which are widely believed and deeply internalized. These central conceptions may refer to a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself.”

“It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought to favor this right and, so far as it can, see that the largest possible number among the masses of the population prefer to own property.... But if the productive activity of the multitude can be stimulated by the hope of acquiring some property... , it will gradually come to pass that, with the difference between extreme wealth and extreme penury removed, one class will become the neighbor to the other.”

Ifs Wisdom Law Differences Wealth Numbers Class Principles Ought Activity Mass Sacred Property Population Extremes Neighbor Favors Productive Multitudes Private Property

Author:Pope Leo XIII

“The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine gave them security, wealth, honours, and revenge; and the support of the orthodox faith was considered as the most sacred and important duty of the civil magistrate. The edict of Milan, the great charter of toleration, had confirmed to each individual of the Roman world the privilege of choosing and professing his own religion.”

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness-and their law is dust.”

Men Law Wealth Fool Died Sacred Lust Dust Awake Cheat Rite Baseness

Author:Al-Maʿarri

“Pascal in his bitter rendition of the practices of the Jesuit intellectuals he despised, including their demonstration of "the utility of interpretation," a device of manufacturing consent based on reinterpretation of sacred texts to serve wealth, power, and privilege.”

Wealth Practice Sacred Including Privilege Bitter Devices Interpretation Consent Utility Demonstration Manufacturing Despised Pascal Jesuit Sacred Texts Reinterpretation

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”

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Author:Andrew Carnegie

“In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.”

Wells States Wealth Democracy Sacred Sacred Things

Author:Anatole France

“Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.”

Ifs Men May Pain Law Desire Causes Wealth Sacred Offensive Gratification Acquisition

Author:Guru Nanak

“The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.”

Moments Faces Spiritual Spirit Goal Wealth Healing Information Higher Sacred Higher Goals Sacred Moments

Book:The Sabbath

Source: The Sabbath

“Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. Your wealth has been stripped of you by unjust men... The people of Baghdad shall flourish under institutions which are in consonance with their sacred laws.”

People Men Has Beens Law Wealth Cities Enemy Land Military Army Institutions Sacred Unjust Conqueror Baghdad Liberators Consonance

Author:Frederick Stanley Maude

“We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's life plan at all times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of this land and life for His divine purpose. We have never made treaties with any foreign nation, including the United States, but for many centuries we have honored this Sacred Agreement. Our goals are not to gain political control, monetary wealth nor military power, but rather to pray and to promote the welfare of all living beings and to preserve the world in a natural way.”

“The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European does, no social ideal or sacred constitution as the North American does, no pervasive mythology to soften life as it does in Asia, and no even an ideology to subscribe to, as does the Russian or Chinese. Without wealth, what is there left to him but his manhood, to be flaunted and defended at every occasion?”

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Author:Ted Simon

“The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life – dharma, artha and kama – Vatsyayana's purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of three.”

Art Used Purpose Three Next Sex Religious Wealth Highest Aim Sacred Ancient Senses Opening Discussion Enjoyment Working It Virtuous Dharma Manuals

Author:Indra Sinha

“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.”

Wealth Sacred Surplus

Author:Andrew Carnegie