Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

Angela Merkel

PoliticsDedicateLifePriority...+1

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

Bill Gates

MoneyLifeConfusedMeeting

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

Bill Gates

MoneyGovernmentRiskWilling

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

Bill Gates

MoneyUtilityPoint

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Vladimir Lenin

MoralsPoliticsExpedience

Exchange value forms the substance of money, and exchange value is wealth.

Karl Marx

ExchangeValueSubstanceMoney...+1