“No — we need money first.”
When asked if they wouldn't sing because they couldn't, in a press conference at John F. Kennedy Airport (7 February 1964) http://www.dmbeatles.com/interviews.php?interview=10
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English singer and songwriter 1940–1980Related quotes
“Money, first and foremost, is a medium of communication, conveying the information we call 'price.”
Government control of the money supply is censorship, a violation of the First Amendment. Inflation is a lie.
"Some New Tactical Reflections".
“We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.”
Source: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

The Fed’s “Emergency Measures” Are Becoming the New Normal, TruthOut https://truthout.org/articles/qe-forever-the-feds-dramatic-about-face/ (27 February 2019)

Bush-Reagan Debate 1980 on Taxes at League of Women Voters. (24 April 1980) · video footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edchtf9MS7g
1980s

2010s, 2015, Speech on (20 July 2015)

Source: Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Chapter Two, "The Myth of Barter", p. 22

“Money is dry, it cannot be washed; money is clean, not dirty, it does not need to be washed.”
Pet Phrases, 2008

“Honest politics needs honest money.”
From his fundraising speech in 2012 as part of his "Dilip for Malkajgiri" campaign.
Politics