In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.

If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

I've got two children, and if my voice is still out there, I want the money to go to them when I die.

You never know if they like you for who you are or what you are. Would he love me or the money?

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.

The United States is much further along because its financial crisis struck three years before Europe's, in 2008, causing headwinds that have pressured it ever since.