“When in doubt, follow the money trail. People could lie, motives could be disguised, even acts could be misunderstood. Money was as constant as human nature.”
Source: Behrooz Wolf (aka The Proteus Trilogy), Proteus In The Underworld (1995), Chapter 11 (pp. 148-149)
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“Paul had the kind of money that could stop up justice.”
John Avanzini (1936) American televangelist, bible teacher, author
Believer's Voice of Victory, TBN, 20 January 1991
“Money could not be converted into capital if wage labour did not exist.”
David Harvey (1935) British anthropologist
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Rex Stout (1886–1975) American writer
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