money is power

money is power

Having a lot of money gives one more options in life and more influence over others. Of course our politicians only think about how best to serve the wealthiest people in the country—money is power, after all. Money is power—power to choose one's own fate, power to tell others what to do, power to dictate the very course of the country.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Money is power.

Prov. If you have money, you can get things and do things. Emily wanted a career that would make her a lot of money, since money is power.
See also: money, power
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • under the influence
  • backstairs influence
  • men in suits
  • the men in suits
  • under the influence of alcohol
  • body English
  • have/keep somebody on a string
  • the Fourth Estate
  • estate
  • one law for the rich and another for the poor
References in periodicals archive
All that is information, and information is power (especially in the 21st century), and since money is power, and so information is power too, so the information stored in these papers are virtually money.
We must recognize that money is power but that our money isn't any more powerful or abundant than anyone else's.