Source: Chasm City (2001), Chapter 25 (p. 406).
Source: The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto
I Think I'll Sit This One Out (1939)
Context: If I believed that force would ever build a better world, I would be a Marxist revolutionary. But I have no more faith in poor men's animalism than in rich men's. And I want no proletarian revolution until the proletariat has demonstrated devotion to reason which the rich, with larger opportunities to cultivate that virtue, have so universally failed to achieve. I favor the underdog against the upperdog, but I favor something better than a dog above both of them.
““The poor and the middle class work for money.” “The rich have money work for them.””
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.”
Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 87 (p. 314)
“The hearts of the rich are hardened. The existence of the poor is a reproach to them.”
Source: The Pirates of Zan (1959), Chapter 7
Pauvre et libre plutôt que riche et asservi. Bien entendu les hommes veulent être et riches et libres et c’est ce qui les conduit quelquefois à être pauvres et esclaves.
Notebooks (1942–1951)
“I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.”
As quoted in Red Rabbit : A novel (2002) by Tom Clancy, p. 153
“I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better!”
Leonard Lyons' column, The Washington Post, May 12, 1937. Quoted in the Yale Book of Quotations, and The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/01/poor-rich/
“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”
Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 89
