He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

All work undertaken should be useful - not just for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it affords permanent improvement in living conditions or that it creates future new wealth for the Nation.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia - I believe that is my greatest wealth.

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.