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“Who enforces the laws?" Zoya asked softly. "Rich men. Rich men who do what they wish. Power doesn't make a man wise."
"I'm proof enough of that."
"You're occasionally a useless podge. But you're a good man, Nikolai, and a good king.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Pah…commoners, traders." Ergus made a disparaging gesture.

Traders with money, Ergus. Money they put at the disposition of young Tanahkos," Lmachdan said in a dry tone. "Money that turns into soldiers. Soldiers who are used to extort tribute from us. Tribute that is turned into more soldiers. The warlord has a good thing going, I'll say that for him.”
― Andrew Ashling, The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling

“Навлязоха в новия квартал Ведадо, застроен с ниски кремавобели къщи �� собственост на богаташи. На колкото по-малко етажи беше къщата, толкова по-богат бе обитателят ѝ. Само един милионер можеше да си позволи да построи бунгало върху площ на цял небостъргач.”
― Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana

“When a man spends that much coin, said the Kaelish girl, Caera, he thinks he's earned the right to do whatever he wants.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“The few people who work earnestly are those who want to accumulate wealth. They are born with exceptional ability and a drive to reach the top. Even if they life as a worker, they become very wealthy. Had their needs been met at the beginning, they would never have acquired the capacity for hard work and commitment. Why is it that rich men's children fail within two or three generations?”
― Martin Wickramasinghe, Yuganthaya

“It’s an interchangeable group of schoolboys who, bafflingly, have found themselves in charge.”
― Sandi Toksvig