Quote by Davy Crockett
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own m

We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. – Davy Crockett

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Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. – Davy Crockett

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The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. – Charles Dickens

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We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and its a pathological way for a society to run its affairs. – Marianne Williamson

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Art for arts sake, money for Gods sake. – Simon Raven

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For I can raise no money by vile means. – William Shakespeare

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