I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.Thomas Jefferson
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.Thomas Jefferson
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.Voltaire
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.Winston Churchill
I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees.Stephen Hawking