Money is the root of all evil

1. A more extreme version of “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

Example Sentences

“They say money is the root of all evil but it is really the person who has the money, what kind of person they are and what they do with it.”

From Seattle Times

Kiyosaki, 73, co-founder of the Rich Dad Co., based in Scottsdale, Ariz., is best known for his book, which centers on his claim that a friend’s father, “one of the richest men in Hawaii,” taught him that the “lack of money is the root of all evil.”

From Washington Post

“Most Americans don’t see where they fit if they have to choose between a socialist who thinks money is the root of all evil and a billionaire who thinks that money ought to be the root of all power. Let’s put forward somebody who actually lives and works in the middle class neighborhood in an industrial Midwestern city. Let’s put forward somebody who’s actually a Democrat.”

From Reuters

The New Testament teaches “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

From Salon

We do not hold that the love of money is the root of all evil.

From Washington Times