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“The reason for the collapse of the USSR was only the betrayal of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, who were led by the United States. The American administration has always, all the years, strived to destroy the USSR, and now Russia, and take advantage of our wealth.”
Valentin Varennikov (1923–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“True, the Christian Church still lives on. But it is only a living power in small groups. Some of its apparent strength is due to its inherited wealth and to the general lack of education. All this, however, is but for the moment.”
John Neville Figgis (1866–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now I am Tipo Tipo,'that is,'the gatherer together of wealth.”
Tippu Tip (1837–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Estates brought Edward wealth, which enabled him to display generosity to those who support he needed; military commands had given him experience in war, without which no king could hope to maintain his rule.”
Tom Holland (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Nasir-ud-din] then took him a prisoner to his uncle who treated him with apparent consideration and promised to release him. But when he had extorted from him his wealth, elephants and horses and all his property, he had him killed and flayed; his skin was stuffed with straw and hung up on the wall of Moutrah [Madurai] where I saw it suspended.”
Veera Ballala III (1291–1343) said by 1343 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whither has gone the superiority of the Muslims, In wealth, wisdom and learning? Whither has gone that fixity of purpose, That knew no barrier of land or sea? Whither has gone that vigour and where are those sturdy arms?”
Altaf Hussain Hali (1837–1914) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted from Jain, M. (2010). Parallel pathways: Essays on Hindu-Muslim relations, 1707-1857. p.7
“Washington is known for Starbucks and Microsoft, but very little is said of agriculture that generates wealth for the state. Most of the people working in this field are migrant workers, and I am here because we need them.”
Joseph J. Tyson (born 1957) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bishops of Washington State push for the approval of the Immigration Act (6 September 2013) Fides News Agency
“He desires a strong Belgium so that his wealth ceases to arouse envy among his neighbors; he also desires her to be strong, so that she can increase her heritage, float her flag on the seas, settle on distant beaches.”
Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821–1903) first seen 1821 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 5. A prospectus by the military Chazal and Brialmont, The military centipede Henri-…
“In the distant past, in India as in many other countries, all recognized branches of learning had had a religious and philosophic bias. Education was not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It was an initiation into the life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue.”
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Evolution of India (1958), p. 19.
“Existence is sometimes what a forward artillery observer sees of enemy lines through field glasses. A distant and troubling view brought suddenly into focus with a wealth of obscene detail.”
Derek Raymond (1931–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has recently come to public attention that a group of few oligarchs had taken over the public wealth that belong to the people by Constitution and hidden enormous amounts of illicit assets in offshore regions. They have obviously been blackmailing and controlling the Parliament members. The time has come for You to re-live the old saying: “The force of union is as limitless as the ocean”.”
Khaltmaagiin Battulga (born 1963) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address To Plenary Session Of State Great Khural" (28 January 2021)
“Health is wealth and how you take care of yourself determines how long you will last. You can use a product and support it with healthy eating and exercise. So anyone that tells you there is a weight loss product you can use that will work without eating well and doing some form of exercise is lying.”
Mercy Johnson (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we just feed ourselves rather than import foods, we will create jobs! We will create wealth!”
Kemi Adeosun (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Giving is the easiest way to building lasting wealth”
Ayra Starr (born 2002) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Up to date, the country is in the hands of collaborators. They are only concerned about their wealth and not the interest of the masses. Everything they own today is because we fought for it. It’s sad that many of us are either dead or live in deplorable states. I prefer to keep quiet and watch things as they unfold.”
Muthoni wa Kirima (1931–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even when the boys teased me over flap of flesh that circled my neck, I wasn't bothered. I looked at them and sniggered, knowing their father's fathers could not have a fraction of the wealth i have accummulated.”
Lola Shoneyin (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are now making fundamental changes struggling to adapt to the “new normal.” What does the future hold for us in Africa? We would be glad to tap from your wealth of knowledge, experience and scholarship.”
Smaranda Olarinde first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her speech at the 2-Day Virtual International Conference - COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of International Relations (2020).
“We need to stop tolerating and celebrating unexplained wealth.”
Onyinye Ough first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking on unexplained wealth in Nigeria(April 28 2018)
“People had been turning to witchcraft because of the mistaken belief that using their body parts in potions can bring good luck and wealth.”
Ikponwosa Ero (born 1981) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Witchcraft killings of people with albinism have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, says UN expert", UNNews Speaking on albinism (29 July 2021)
“Health, really is wealth. If you're healthy, remember to be grateful. It is a huge blessing.”
Adesuwa Etomi (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many of these (mining) companies (operating in Burundi) have received formal notices to immediately stop operations because we realized that they were only there to plunder our mineral wealth. They have duped the government from the conventions that govern their operation to the execution of their activities. Some sort of scoundrels.”
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (born 1972) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (2021) cited in "Burundi Government Accuses Mining Companies Of Plunder" on Taarifa, 20 July 2021.
“I announced 'Jehad' - a movement to represent the silent majority to raise controversial issues that most people feel afraid to speak about. It liberated me from the corrupt politics that I had witnessed. I decided to stand apart and away from the mainstream of the rotting political system and the deficient and self-serving politicians that consumed our national wealth and exploited our people.”
Tehmina Durrani (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just as we find it abhorrent today to contemplate, far less support, removing freedom and choice from other human beings, so must we also recognize that true freedom also requires changing the structural imbalances in power and wealth,”
Mia Mottley (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Earthly wealth does not belong to us, as those who have never thought about this erroneously believe. Otherwise, it always and forever would remain in our possession. But it changes hands constantly, thereby proving that it is given only for us to watch over temporarily.”
Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where I am and how old I am at least, this is not the time I will start stealing anybody's wealth”
Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is time to acknowledge openly that much of the European, United States has been from the vast wealth harvested from the sweat, tears, blood and horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the centuries of colonial exploitation”
Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The proletarian who sells his labouring power to the capitalist is paid a wage which corresponds only to a part of the time of labour he spends, the value of the rest, the surplus value, being pocketed by the employer. This viewpoint eloquently proves that all the wealth of the bourgeoisie is made up of the surplus value produced by the proletariat and appropriated by the capitalists.”
Trường Chinh (1907–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Redlining steals health and wealth. It was bad for America in the 1920s, and its continuing effects are harmful in the 2020s today.”
Robert D. Bullard (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in 'For Black Americans, yesterday's housing discrimination is today's air pollution crisis" MSNBC (May 19, 2022)
“In Hong Kong, no person is above the law regardless of status, wealth, political power or background. The National Security Law is applied fairly. Enforcement actions and trials are based on facts and evidence. Judgments are made public with elaborate reasoning on decisions.”
John Lee Ka-chiu (born 1957) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech by S for S on Hong Kong National Security Law at side event webinar at 46th session of UN Human Rights Council" (1 March 2021)
“Today there are ever-increasing numbers of people doing this, which is very encouraging. But if we are to find viable solutions, we must do more than describe symptoms and warn of dire consequences. We must get to the root of the problem: figure out how to end global capitalism and eliminate the class divisions that enable private wealth accumulation.”
Stephanie McMillan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To close great and growing wealth and income gaps, and to raise badly needed revenue for public investment, it’s not enough to lift the bottom up; we need to ask more of those at the top, too.”
Robert Rubin (born 1938) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Democrats, if We Remain Divided, We’ll Fall", New York Times (March 2, 2020)
“I really believe the Internet is a well of wealth when it comes to opportunities- be it sponsorships, scholarships, jobs etc.”
Lebogang Maruapula first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lebogang Maruapula Interview with Botswana Youth (October 8th, 2013) Retrieved July 30th 2022.
“I am confident that we all should strive in this direction: preserving our own identity, be ready and able to accept and positively assess the wealth of other nations and other religions. In this regard, Azerbaijan is a positive example for other countries.”
Vladimír Fekete (born 1955) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vladimir Fekete: The Vatican and Azerbaijan enjoy a high-level of relationships - INTERVIEW (12 July 2019) APA News Agency
“All we have is our ability to labor and the capitalist class have not that one commodity; they have the factories, they have the land, they have the railroad but they have not the labor power, the power of wealth producing.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth is not necessarily accumulated at the expense of public interest and the needy.”
Najib Mikati (born 1955) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Najib Mikati (2021) cited in: "Lebanon PM Mikati says family wealth legal in response to 'Pandora Papers'" in Reuters, 6 October 2021.
“the new industrial processes which the capitalist system gave the world necessitated the education and mental training of the workers in order that they might be fit and efficient wealth producers. Capitalism therefore created the economic or material reasons far the need of the great mass of the workers to be educated: It "democratized" education.”
Lena Morrow Lewis (1868–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ruling class has always desired more efficient slaves. They bred them to be more efficient, and then found that efficiency in producing wealth also produced a desire on the part of the slave to enjoy more. In order to secure more, the slaves revolted.”
Kate Richards O'Hare (1876–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reality is there are only two levers that control wealth – earn more or spend less.”
Arese Ugwu (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not see flaunting wealth as competition. I rather see it as motivation.”
Shan George (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth and assets have no hiding place.”
Ruth Kadiri (born 1988) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ruth talks about Asset and Wealth on 30th May 2022
“Without the Holy Spirit and a vibrant relationship with the Father many are swallowed up by the darkness and the hole of loneliness . That is why some may be sorrounded with much wealth, partying friends and family but still feel empty, lonely and surrounded by darkness and they cannot see or imagine a future !!!!! Peace and fulfillment is in Jesus.”
“What I never could make some of these friends see was that I had no quarrel with corporate business so long as it played fair. It was the unfairness I feared and despised. I had no quarrel with men of wealth if they could show performance back of it untainted by privilege.”
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before I left The Chautauquan I had concluded that there was a trilogy of wrongs-all curable-responsible for our repeated depressions and our poorly distributed wealth: discrimination in transportation; tariffs save for revenue only; private ownership of natural resources.”
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve never seen anything like it—you’ve squandered all your wealth….” “Well, I was never the kind of man who would go to Hell with a bare backside merely to save my breeches from being burned.”
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone expected the greatest benefits for the realm of Norway now that they would once again have a king who was reared and lived among them, who would protect the laws and rights and interests of the country instead of squandering his time, energies, and the wealth of the kingdom on incursions in other lands.”
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So acquires mission is to make building wealth together frictionless in order to enable communities to become financially independent.”
Cynthia Wandia (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Personally, I feel fashion is how you feel and how you want to be addressed. I love fashion and people know that they can’t catch me not getting it right. Fashion is not a display of wealth, it’s just another way to express how you feel and how you want people to see you. One fashion accessory I love so much is shoes.”
Peggy Ovire wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The agriculture sector in our country has huge opportunities for wealth creation; that’s why I call on you to take advantages of these opportunities and make fortunes from farming activities.”
Gérardine Mukeshimana (born 1970) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: MINISTER MUKESHIMANA URGES YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT MINAGRI (18 December 2018 )
“As human beings, we [Rwandans] are not worth much, because we have under our soil no great wealth that the great powers covet, so we do not have commercial value.”
Monique Mujawamariya (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot restore what does not exist as the eastern region was defunct the day Rivers State was created. Nigeria was the northern region, western region & eastern region, whose idea was it not to create southern Nigeria and why? This was to keep us from our wealth and freedom.”
Ann-Kio Briggs (born 1952) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Annkio Briggs tackles Asari over Biafra claims (28 May 2020)