Roger & Me (1989)
Context: Well I failed to bring Roger to Flint. As we neared the end of the twentieth century, the rich were richer, the poor, poorer. And people everywhere now had a lot less lint, thanks to the lint rollers made in my hometown. It was truly the dawn of a new era.
“People on all levels of income are better off than they were in 1979. The hon. Gentleman is saying that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That way one will never create the wealth for better social services. as we have. What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy.”
From her last House of Commons speech (22 November 1990) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108256; response to M.P. Simon Hughes
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“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”
Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 89

Speech given on October 1, 1840

Source: Democracy for the Few (2010 [1974]), sixth edition, Chapter 6, p. 81

Daily Telegram #1019, Thoughts Of Will Rogers On The Late Slumps In Stocks (31 October 1929)
Daily telegrams
Context: Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.

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)

"Princess Diana: 10 most inspiring quotes from the 'people's princess'", Hello Magazine, Daily News (1 July 2015)
Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 18, Deficit Finance, p. 435

“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/