“The rich are seldom remarkable for modesty, ingenuity, or humanity. Their wealth has rather a tendency to make them penurious and selfish.”
—JOHN ADAMS
“I have not observed men’s honesty to increase with their riches.”
—THOMAS JEFFERSON
“He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.”
—GROVER CLEVELAND
“The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous.”
—BENJAMIN HARRISON
“There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.”
—WOODROW WILSON
“I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
—BARACK OBAMA
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition.”
—BARACK OBAMA
“The beauty of me is that I’m very rich.”
—DONALD TRUMP