We gave 'em wings to fly and they rained death on us. We gave 'em a voice to be heard around the world and they preach hatred to p...oison the minds of nations. Even the medicine we gave them to ease their pain is turned into a vice to enslave half mankind for the profit of a few. Ah, Janet, dear, don't you see? Every gift that science has given them has been twisted into a thing of hate and greed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Entirely out ...of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine house and clothes and jewels;... the women who marry to get out of a tiresome job, or to get away from disagreeable relatives, or to avoid being called an old maid--these are whores in everything but name. The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Power corrupts ... when the weak band together in order to ruin the strong, but not before. The will to power ... far from being a... characteristic of the strong, is, like envy and greed, among the vices of the weak, and possibly even their most dangerous one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Peter is poor," said noble Paul, "And I have always been his friend:... And, though my means to give are small, At least I can afford to lend. How few, in this cold age of greed, Do good, except on selfish grounds! But I can feel for Peter's need, And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In this world there's room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and ...beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goosestepped us into misery and bloodshed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »