"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious."
– Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow 

"The leech has two daughters: Give, Give" 
- Proverbs 31:12

 "Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it."
- Proverbs 13:11

"The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labor"
- Proverbs 12:24

"a man who schemes is hated."
- Proverbs 14:17b

 "A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinners wealth is stored up for the righteous."
- Proverbs 13:22

"Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death."
- Proverbs 11:4