One of the oldest greed sayings known to man. Blame it on the Benjamin s! A lot of people believe that money is the root of all evil but how is that the case when money was not even around in some of the most evil time in human history! Before there was money, people were known to barter and trade to get the things that they wanted to acquire. So instead of everyone saying "money" is the root of all evil how about we blame it on having the since of to much power. With money comes control and rule, and though majority of rulers and kings were known to be evil or corrupt it was not there money that made them that way but more so there power. The richest man in the world would be nothing if he did not have respect and although money can buy numerous things respect is one thing that can not be purchased. Power will gain your respect though. For example, the biggest and baddest bully in the school might come from a very poor household and he might not be granted the things that all of the other kids have. But I guarantee he will have the other kids respect because of the power that he obtains. So no I do not believe that money is the root of all evil but I do believe the power that people possess when they gain a certain amount of money can cause them to become evil.