“A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong.”

—  Lewis H. Lapham

Money And Class In America (1989)
Source: Wordsmith.org, 2016.01.08

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