If you want to elaborate on the quote, you can easily cook something up, such as:
Since money had been widely utilized, the lust for money has always been abundant. In the ancient times, it is like "He who has money has power......", therefore there has been an assumption that having money is equal to having power. ...................
You can say that money is a representative of social status , money is a "gift in disguise" from the devil (it has given us much convenience and much trouble), money is mostly the reason one steals or dies for, .......
Sorry if I am not of any help, but I have tried my best.
Good luck and hope you get a good grade on the thesis.
Yours sincerely,
Paul92