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It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It’s not a popular position.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches – the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

You know the funny thing, I don’t get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.