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About this quote

What does it mean?
This is a brief label targeting wealthy wrongdoers. It suggests wealth should not protect criminals.
In plain terms
Rich people who break laws are still bad people.
What can you take from it?
Wealth does not excuse criminal behavior.

Where it applies

  • Discussing elite crime
  • Advocating legal equality

Putting it to work

  • Support fair enforcement
  • Highlight corporate crime

Questions to consider

  • Should laws treat rich and poor the same?
  • What defines a malefactor?

Another view

It is too vague to define specific wrongdoings.

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