Line #30 Quotes/ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney


1	->''Impunity'', n.\
2	Wealth.
3	-->-- '''Creator/AmbroseBierce''', ''Literature/TheDevilsDictionary''
4	----
5	[[foldercontrol]]
6
7	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
8	->''"Think of it this way, Battousai. If you have enough money, then you have in your possession more power than any sword can possibly ever give you."''
9	-->--'''Kanryu''', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''
10	[[/folder]]
11
12	[[folder:Blogs]]
13	->'''{{ComicBook/Superman}}''': You know children aren't toys, right?\
14	'''{{ComicBook/Batman}}''': When you're as rich as me, everything's a toy, Clark.
15	-->--'''''Blog/TextsFromSuperheroes'''''
16	[[/folder]]
17
18	[[folder:Fan Works]]
19	->"''If it was up to him he'd just throw out his sales pitch and toss money at the problem without hearing what anyone has to say.''"
20	-->-- '''Maia Simmons''' about her father '''Walter''', ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''
21	[[/folder]]
22
23	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
24	->"You've heard of the Golden Rule, haven't you? Whoever has the gold ''makes'' the rules."
25	-->--'''Jafar''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''
26
27	->"I'm sorry, but [Evelyn]'s rich and will probably get nothing more than a slap on the wrist."
28	-->--'''Violet Parr''', ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''
29
30	->"You and I both know the real power in this world ain't magic. It's MONEY! ''Buckets'' of it."
31	-->-- '''Doctor Facilier''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
35	->"Hey! I don't have to put up with this! I'm rich!"
36	-->-- '''Princess Vespa''', ''Film/SpaceBalls''
37
38	->"I am no 'gentleman,' no, but I have money."
39	-->-- '''Hyde''', ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1931''
40
41	->"Control the cash-box, and you control the world."
42	-->-- '''Mr. Jorkin''', ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (1951 film)
43
44	->'''Margaret''': The grand jury. What do you intend to do about them?\
45	'''Terry Silver''': Bribe them as usual.\
46	'''Margaret''': ''Mister Silver!''\
47	'''Terry:''' Lighten up, Margaret. Who's the D.A. on the case?\
48	'''Margaret:''' Mr. Cole.\
49	'''Terry:''' Oh, good. Let's invite Willie to dinner Tuesday night, and let's make sure we have his favorite--what is it? Poached salmon.
50	-->--''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII''
51
52	->'''Mr. Reed:''' Wait a minute. You mean "the rich over the right"?\
53	'''Ms. Calley:''' The rich are ''always'' right.
54	-->--''Film/{{Jennifer}}''
55
56	->'''Dwight Dickham:''' $40 million in the bank, one dead prostitute? By God, you're good. Best verdict money can buy.\
57	'''Hank Palmer:''' Everybody wants [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Atticus Finch]] 'til there's a dead hooker in a hot tub.\
58	'''Dickham:''' ''There's'' your bumper sticker.
59	-->--''Film/TheJudge''
60
61	->'''Harbormaster''': Hold up there, you. It's a shilling to tie up your boat at the dock... and I shall need to know your name.\
62	'''Jack Sparrow''': What do you say to three shillings and we forget the name.\
63	'''Harbormaster''': Welcome to Port Royal, Mr. Smith.
64	-->--''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''
65
66	->'''Beckett''': No doubt you've discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm, as your father believes.\
67	'''Elizabeth''': Then what is?\
68	'''Beckett''': I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm.
69	-->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''
70
71	->"Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."
72	-->-- '''Uncle Bawley''' of Jett Rink, ''{{Film/Giant}}''
73
74	->'''Eddie''': How did that [[ObviouslyEvil gargoyle]] get to be [[HangingJudge a Judge]]?\
75	'''Santino''': Spread a bunch of simoleons around Toontown a couple of years back back, bought the election.
76	-->--''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''
77
78	->'''Joe Moore''': ''(accepts change)'' Makes the world go round.\
79	'''Bobby Blane''': What's that?\
80	'''Joe''': Gold.\
81	'''Bobby:''' Some people say "love."\
82	'''Joe''' Well, they're right, too. It ''is'' love. Love of gold.
83	-->-- ''Film/Heist2001''
84
85	->'''Tony Hoyle''': Let the law take these guys down. You know, sometimes the law works.\
86	'''Paul Kersey''': And sometimes it ''doesn't!'' These people, they steal, they murder, they destroy people's lives and get away with it! They have alibis, money, lawyers, power. They have everything.
87	-->-- ''[[Film/DeathWish Death Wish V: The Face of Death]]''
88
89	->'''Strannix''': What are you gonna do when you get two hundred million dollars in the bank?\
90	'''Commander Krill''': Buy the presidency!
91	-->-- ''Film/UnderSiege''
92
93	->There are many things you'll never understand. This is one of them.'' [Holding a stack of dollars while looking at Frank's drawn gun] ''You see, Frank, there are many kinds of weapons. And the only one that can stop that is this. Now, shall we get back to our little problem?
94	-->-- '''Morton''', ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''
95
96	->'''Arthur:''' But you'd have to buy out the entire cabin. ''And'' the First Class flight attendant.\
97	'''Saito:''' I bought the airline. It seemed neater.
98	-->-- ''Film/{{Inception}}''
99
100	->''"You're right. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year! You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."''
101	-->--'''Charles Foster Kane''', ''Film/CitizenKane''
102
103	->'''Bruce Wayne''': So, let's put a couple tables together.\
104	'''Harvey Dent''': I'm not sure they'll let us.\
105	'''Bruce''': Oh, they should. I own the place.
106	-->--''Film/TheDarkKnight''
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder:Literature]]
110
111	->''"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."''
112	-->-- '''Paul''', ''[[Literature/TheBible 1 Timothy 6:10]]'' (KJV)
113
114	->''"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different."''
115	-->-- '''Creator/FScottFitzgerald''', ''The Rich Boy''
116
117	->''"The very rich can afford to give offense wherever they go."''
118	-->-- '''Elizabeth Bennett''', ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''
119
120	->''"Crime is for poor people. You don't have to rob a bank when you own it."''
121	-->-- '''Oliver''', ''Literature/IAmAGeniusOfUnspeakableEvilAndIWantToBeYourClassPresident''
122
123	->''"Whose peace do the Goldcloaks enforce when the Hand proclaims one king and the Queen other? The man who pays them."''
124	-->-- '''Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire[=/=]Series/GameOfThrones''
125
126	->''Ian rolled his eyes. Laws were for poor people.''
127	-->-- ''Operation Trinity'', ''Literature/The39Clues''
128
129	->''"Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it."''
130	-->-- '''Tenzing Tharkay''', ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}''
131
132	->''"You can't shoot me, I'm rich!"''
133	-->-- '''Yizhi''' (correctly, as it happens), ''Literature/IronWidow''
134
135	->''"Thus, nothing but the law stands in my way, but I defy the law, my gold and my prestige keep me well beyond reach of those vulgar instruments of repression which should be employed only upon the common sort."''
136	-->-- '''The Duke de Blangis''', ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom''
137
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
141	->'''Helena:''' I'm quite happy to finish my time and pay my debt to society.\
142	'''Peggy Peabody:''' Helena, for God's sake, pull yourself together. You're a Peabody.\
143	'''Helena:''' What difference does that make?\
144	'''Peggy Peabody:''' Peabodys don't have "debts," darling. Not to anyone. And certainly not to society.
145	-->-- ''Series/TheLWord'', "Lady of the Lake"
146
147	->'''Abbie Carmichael:''' The laws for the rich are different.\
148	'''Jack [=McCoy=]:''' ''What'' laws for the rich?
149	-->-- ''Series/LawAndOrder''
150
151	->'''Chloe''': Perry [[GoingForTheBigScoop "The Pit Bull"]] White backing off a story? That's hard to believe.\
152	'''Perry''': Well, Lionel Luthor can be remarkably persuasive.\
153	'''Chloe''': Are you saying he had something to do with your career slide?\
154	'''Perry''': Let's just say that not everyone respects good investigative journalism. Especially when it treads on the toes of the rich and vengeful.
155	-->''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Perry"
156
157	->'''Chuck Rhoades:''' ''Walk away.''
158	->'''Bobby Axelrod:''' I should. But then again, what's the point of having "fuck-you money" if you never say "fuck you"?
159	-->-- ''Series/{{Billions}}''
160
161	->'''Monica:''' You're using underage girls as slave labor for a fake Amazon review farm?
162	->'''Jian-Yang:''' [[BluntYes Yes.]]
163	->'''Monica:''' And you're using the Pied Piper name?
164	->'''Jian-Yang:''' Yes. It's okay. I have money.
165	-->— ''Series/SiliconValley''
166
167	->'''Earboy''': Why were you [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext shooting arrows at fried chicken legs?]]
168	->'''H. Ross Perot''': 'Cause I got [[CatchPhrase FOUR]] ''[[CatchPhrase BILLION]]'' [[CatchPhrase DOLLARS!]] I can do whatever I want!
169	-->-- ''Series/AllThat''
170
171	->''I'm rich, Mike. One of the best things about being rich is the security of knowing you can buy your way out of any problem.''
172	-->-- '''Noah Taylor''', ''Series/DesperateHousewives''
173	[[/folder]]
174
175	[[folder:Music]]
176
177	->''Money, money, money\
178	Must be funny\
179	In the rich man's world\
180	Money, money, money\
181	Always sunny\
182	In the rich man's world"''
183	-->-- "Money, Money, Money", '''{{Music/Abba}}'''
184
185	->''For the love of money\
186	People will steal from their mother\
187	For the love of money\
188	People will rob their own brother\
189	For the love of money\
190	People can't even walk the street\
191	Because they never know\
192	Who in the world they're gonna beat\
193	For that lean, mean, mean green\
194	Almighty dollar, that's money''
195	-->-- "For the Love of Money", '''The O'Jays'''
196
197	->''Recruited by the NSA, my orders to talk smooth and straight\
198	If heads of state try to say "No", I lovingly told them "Fuck you!"''
199	-->-- "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", '''Anti-Flag'''
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
203
204	->''[[EveryManHasHisPrice Everybody's got a price]]\
205	Everybody's gonna pay\
206	'Cause the Million Dollar Man\
207	Always gets his way!\
208	Some may cost a little\
209	Some may cost a lot\
210	But I'm the Million Dollar Man\
211	And you '''will''' be bought!\
212	[[EvilLaugh DYAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!''
213	-->-- '''[[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase]]'''
214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder:Roleplay]]
217	->''"The thing is that where I'm from, laws favored the rich and business savvy. The Corporate Dispute Zone don't favor the lower class that much."''
218	-->-- '''Kaitlyn''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''
219	[[/folder]]
220
221	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
222	->''The investment of millions in successful political campaigns comes back as tens of millions when helpful or defanged legislation gets passed. In truth, that aspect of the operation is so much a given that it practically runs on rails.''
223	-->--''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Subsidiaries: A Guide To Pentex''
224
225	->''Money is the integral element of society, the one commonality that connects every individual. It's so commonplace that many people will, as they tend to do with any omnipresent part of life, dismiss it. "[[AllThatGlitters It's only money]]," they say. "It's simply a way to buy things." But it's never "only" money. Money is status. Money is power. It is the freedom to buy and sell - and ''do'' - whatever one wants. People may delude themselves into believing that other things are more important: love, family, reputation. But when the bills come due, money takes center stage.''
226	-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Convention Book: Syndicate''
227	[[/folder]]
228
229	[[folder:Theatre]]
230	->''I follow the Golden Rule\
231	How can a man resist?\
232	When the gold in his hand\
233	Lets him rule the land\
234	With an iron fist!''
235	-->-- "The Golden Rule (Dark Reprise)", ''[[Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier Twisted]]''
236
237	->''And it's very very funny\
238	When you've lots and lots of money\
239	To be horrible to those with none''
240	-->-- '''The Chorus of the New York Upper Crust''', Creator/AnnaRussell's ''How to Make your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera''
241
242	->"Without money, nobody likes or trusts you. But to have money is to be virtuous, beautiful, honest and witty. To have none is to be ugly, and boring, and stupid, and useless."
243	-->--'''Ragpicker''', ''The Madwoman of Chaillot''
244
245	->''When I think of the good things that life has to give,\
246	I'm reluctantly forced to agree\
247	That the number of people who know how to live\
248	Is restricted, quite simply, to me.\
249	For life is like cricket: we play by the rules\
250	But the secret which few people know,\
251	Which keep men of class well apart from the fools\
252	Is to think up the rules as you go.''
253	-->-- '''Sir''', ''The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd'', "Things to Remember"
254
255	->''♫ Every time a high-priced mouthpiece starts to talk,\
256	His client gets to walk.\
257	Tell me where is the justice?\
258	If there's any justice. ♫''
259	-->-- '''Light,''' ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical'', "Where is the Justice?"
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder:Video Games]]
263	->"Fuck you! I shoot money!"
264	-->-- '''Million Gunman''', ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''
265
266	->"I've got so much money, even Batman won't be able to stop us!"
267	-->--'''Simon Stagg''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''
268
269	->"Because, frankly, I'm rich enough to do whatever the fuck I want, and you're poor enough not to ask me any goddamn stupid questions."
270	-->--''Devin Weston''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
271
272	->"Ah, money, money, money! The great motivator! There is simply no better way to move men - and expedite plans - than with its alluring glint, would you not agree?"
273	-->-- '''Fandaniel''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
277	->''Brian, you dolt! We told you, we can only bribe our problems away against poor people!''
278	-->--'''Loretta Crandall''' admonishing her son on [[SubvertedTrope the rare occasion they can't resort to this]], ''[[VisualNovel/HighSchoolStory High School Story: Class Act]]''
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Web Animation]]
282	->"[[{{Unobtainium}} Ceramite]] is not a metal, but with sufficient money, you, too, can break laws, even those of reality!"
283	-->--''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' on Lance Cashpants
284	[[/folder]]
285
286	[[folder:Webcomics]]
287	->''"Objection! The jury will note that my client is a wealthy celebrity!"''
288	--> -- from ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1333#comic #1333]]
289
290	->''"After all, Papi's super rich. I bet he can pay some people off. I think you can solve most things that way."''
291	-->-- '''Steffi''', ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz''
292
293	->'''Schlock:''' I'm sorry about your van. Do you want some money?\
294	'''Delivery Guy:''' You can't just buy your way out of... ''sees the sum'' I guess you '''can''' buy your way out of.\
295	'''Kathryn:''' Wow. That bribe let you break the law '''and''' a prepositional phrase.
296	-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-10-25 25th October 2014]]
297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder:Web Original]]
300	->''The needs of the money outweigh the needs of you.''
301	-->--'''[[{{Website/Cracked}} David Wong]]'''
302
303	->''A country whose people resemble ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'': people who have no class, culture, or civility but happen upon large amounts of black gold. The profits of this are then used on flashy expenditures in order to create a pretense of civility among other peoples who are actually civilized.''
304	-->-- '''''Website/UrbanDictionary''''' on UsefulNotes/SaudiArabia
305
306	->''It would be an entirely different scandal -- and one Cameron probably could not politically survive -- if he’d fucked a dog or UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson. Even a sheep wouldn’t quite work; sheepfucking is firmly a ''poor'' person’s bestiality. No, it was clearly a pig or nothing.''
307	-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/capitalist-pig/ El Sandifer]]''' on UsefulNotes/DavidCameron
308
309	->''"Your Holiness," he grunted, upending the sack he held and pouring a massive pile of florins onto the desk, "You have no problem with the Scottish Empire."\
310	And Alferius, well known for his rather "uncatholic" tastes, stared at the money for only a few seconds before saying, "I have no problem with the Scottish Empire."''
311	-->-- [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Scotsman/chapter18.html Chapter 18]] of LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt, [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Scotsman Jerusalem's]] LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar''
312
313	->''Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.''
314	-->-- '''Matt Taibbi'''
315
316	->''I thought that getting caught on tape trespassing on your neighbor’s property and covering their house with breakfast foods while acting like a total piece of human garbage would be the kind of thing you do a bit of time for, but I guess Lady Justice just does not give a fuck. Bitch probably pawned her sword and a scale for an 8-ball and a bottle of vodka. Every day is like 2-for-1 Margarita Hour at Baja Sharkeez for Lady Justice now. I’m sure you can find her every night at the club wearing her blindfold as a tube-top and working under the name Lady Just-A$$. "I sentence you [[{{Unishment}} to a good time!]] WOOO!"''
317	-->-- '''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/07/09/justin-bieber-finally-settles-with-the-d-a-for-egging-his-neighbors-house-by-taking-a-plea-deal/ Michael K.]]''' on Music/JustinBieber
318
319	->''The “Secret Forest Grotto,” that’s what they’re calling it, is appropriately named, because if you’re not already knee-deep in green paper, you’re officially poor enough to wonder what the inside looks like. Green 2 Tier status is a loyalty program that is achieved if you’ve spent £2,000, or $2,566 USD, between January 1st and August 26th. If you’re lucky enough to qualify, you must then pay £20 (or $25) per child to get in. The Secret Forest Grotto is fully booked. Oh, but don’t worry Literature/OliverTwist, [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Charlie Bucket,]] and the rest of the London poors – you might be lucky enough to win one of 160 “low-income family” passes to the Grotto. After receiving many complaints about how the Secret Forest Grotto seemed elitist, Harrods decided to host 160 deserving families. However, 96% of the available timeslots will still reportedly go to the wealthy kids.''
320	-->--'''''[[https://dlisted.com/2019/11/12/the-santa-at-harrods-is-now-reserved-for-kids-whose-parents-spend-at-least-2566/#more-353933 DListed]]''''', "Harrods Santa is Not for the Poors"
321
322	->''So now you know. The next a cop pulls you over for speeding on meth with a cage of smuggled Peruvian lizards in your trunk, slip that cop a cool $92 million and you'll be on your way.''
323	-->-- '''[[http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2014-cleveland-browns-1626915245 Drew Magary]]''', "Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Cleveland Browns"
324
325	->''As the nation's current top idol she was able to save a large sum of money and literally bought the producer... {{Hentai}} logic, right?''
326	-->-- A [[https://affect3d.com/editorial/10-twisted-yandere-hentai-wanna/ list of hentai manga]] synopses
327	[[/folder]]
328
329	[[folder:Web Video]]
330	->'''Kaiba:''' I'm going to go hire some thugs to kidnap you now. I'm a billionaire, so nobody will even think about pressing charges.\
331	'''Grandpa:''' [[YouNeedToGetLaid That Kaiba kid needs to get laid.]]\
332	'''Tristan:''' Big time.
333	-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
334
335	->''It's a shame rich megalomaniacs are immune from the law. Otherwise, we could just call the police.''
336	-->-- '''Yugi Muto''', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series''
337
338	->'''Malcolm:''' Hey whoa whoa hold on a sec. You want me to go [[AesopAmnesia BACK]] to an island with dinosaurs? Have you '''seen''' ''Jurassic Park?'' Na na na, dat's OK, you deal with that yourself.\
339	'''Hammond''': Hey hey, c'mere for a second: [[IHaveYourWife I sent your girlfriend there alone]], [[AndYourLittleDogToo and Gigi]], [[ShameIfSomethingHappened have fun, good luck, bon voyage.]]\
340	[later]\
341	'''Hammond:''' That's why you don't fuck with ''me''. Imma stay here and eat some fuckin' steak, drink beer, get a blowjob from a goddamn dinosaur, ''I don't give a fuck!'' I'm John Hammond! How many billions do I have again? [counts fingers] Oh that's right. Heheheheh!
342	-->--''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' abridged by WebVideo/JonTron.
343
344	->"If you're sentenced to a jail cell in Santa Barbara, California, you should know that if you don't like the standard accommodations, you can buy a [[LuxuryPrisonSuite prison cell upgrade]]. It's true. For how much you think? It's not the Ritz Carlton. It's a ''jail!'' ($82.00 a night.)"
345	-->-- '''[[http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life#t-24988 Michael Sandel]]'''
346
347	->"Hum, if someone in your family committed murder, you might wanna a be a bit more discreet about it! ({{Beat}}) Eh, what am I saying? They're rich, they'll probably be fine!"
348	-->--'''[[WebVideo/BrandonsCultMovieReviews Brandon]]''' regarding the cast in the first segment of ''Film/CreepShow''
349
350	->''"I'm not gonna let this battle be dictated by facts! I'm rich! I've got fat stacks and super [=PACs=]!"''
351	-->-- '''Mitt Romney''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''
352	[[/folder]]
353
354	[[folder:Western Animation]]
355	->"I'm '''rich!''' I can do '''anything!'''"
356	-->-- '''Scrooge [=McDuck's=] EvilTwin''', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''
357
358	->"Like they say, you can't be too rich, or too evil!"
359	-->-- '''[[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser Koopa]]''', ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld''
360
361	->"No! I never lose! I'm too rich to lose!"
362	-->-- '''Remy Buxaplenty''', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' storybook "Scout's Honor"
363
364	->"A gift here, a bribe there. When money talks, people listen. Like Stavros at the shipping company, or Schneider, the Interpol agent who looked the other way."
365	-->-- '''Lex Luthor''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E8And9InjusticeForAll Injustice for All]]"
366
367
368	->'''Mr. Burns:''' Smithers, is it wrong to cheat in order to win a million dollar bet? \
369	'''Smithers:''' Yes, sir. \
370	'''Mr. Burns:''' Let me rephrase that. Is it wrong if ''I'' cheat in order to win a million dollar bet?\
371	'''Smithers:''' No, sir. Who would you like killed?
372	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]"
373
374	->'''Lawyer:''' Your honor, my client has instructed me to remind the court of how rich and important he is; that he is not like other men.\
375	'''Mr. Burns:''' I should be able to run over as many kids as I want!
376	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]"
377
378	->'''Diane:''' And you're not worried it's going to get out that you ''killed'' an employee? Like, in the video we're shooting ''right now''?\
379	'''Whitewhale:''' Didn't you hear? Congress just passed a bill legalizing murder if you're rich!
380	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', "[[{{Recap/BojackHorsemanS6E03FeelGoodStory}} Feel Good Story]]"
381
382	->'''Norm''': Hey boss, this is definitely legal, right?\
383	'''Norm's boss''': Norm, we're ''rich''. ''Everything'' is legal.\
384	'''Both''': ''(EvilLaugh)''\
385	'''Norm''': Privilege.
386	-->---''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'', "[[Recap/WeBareBearsS4E33RangerNorm Ranger Norm]]"
387
388	->'''Stan:''' Butters, ''dude''!\
389	'''Butters:''' What?\
390	'''Stan:''' You can't call my girlfriend a bitch!\
391	'''Butters:''' Oh. ...Well, I'm saying the bitch should be out there working, is all! What you doing, bitch? Just giving kisses to Stan for free? You should be making some motherfucking money!\
392	'''Wendy:''' ''Stan!''\
393	'''Stan:''' Butters, seriously. If you don't stop this, I'll kick your ass!\
394	'''Butters:''' ''(pulls out $100)'' Clyde, here's a hundred bucks. If Stan comes near me, punch him.\
395	'''Clyde:''' Wowie!\
396	'''Cartman:''' ...Dude, we've created a monster.
397	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E9ButtersBottomBitch Butters' Bottom Bitch]]"
398
399	->"Invincible's right. I'm out of my league. Except... I've got ''money!''"
400	-->'''Machine Head''', ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021''
401	[[/folder]]
402
403	[[folder:Real Life]]
404	->"What power has the law where only money rules?"
405	-->-- '''[[AncientRome Petronius]]'''
406
407	->"There is no wall that is high enough to stop a horse with a cart filled with gold."
408	-->-- '''Philip II of Macedon'''
409
410	->''I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies...''
411	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson''', 1816 letter
412
413	->''History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance.''
414	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JamesMadison'''
415
416	->''The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.''
417	-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton'''
418
419	->''Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am [[PointyHairedBoss brainless]], but money is the ''real'' brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless?''
420	-->-- '''Creator/KarlMarx''', "The Power of Money"
421
422	->"The only problem with capitalism [[InherentInTheSystem is the capitalists.]]"
423	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover'''
424
425	->''Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into [[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld property owners and exploited]]; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division... means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.''
426	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JosephStalin'''
427
428	->"Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft."
429	-->--'''Creator/RobertAHeinlein'''
430
431	->"The rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth."
432	-->--Chilean dictator '''Augusto Pinochet''', May 1988 speech
433
434	->"We don't pay taxes. Only little people pay taxes."
435	-->-- '''Leona "Queen of Mean" Helmsley'''
436
437	->"Prosecutors may consider the collateral consequences of a corporate criminal conviction in determining whether to charge the corporation with a criminal offense."
438	-->-- U.S. Attorney General '''Eric Holder''', "Charging the Corporation: Collateral Consequences"
439
440	->''Money is now a Great Wall of China separating American rich from poor, a division beginning to seem as eternal the Great Wall itself.''
441	-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Point to Point Navigation''
442
443	->''"If you’re rich and they try to prosecute you for a crime you can just put up your hand and say “Oh no thank you” like a waiter offered you extra pepper"''
444	-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/1131204731827826690 internethippo]]''' on Twitter
445
446	->''"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws."''
447	-->--'''Mayer Amschel Rothschild'''
448	----
449	[[/folder]]

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