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The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory…was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward, just as yeast rises up, through the ranks.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory…was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward, just as yeast rises up, through the ranks.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato’s maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery.

Plutarch
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“Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.”

Solon
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The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Gk Chesterton
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The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Gk Chesterton
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Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

Gk Chesterton
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“The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”

G. K. Chesterton
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“The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.”

G. K. Chesterton
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“Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.”

G. K. Chesterton
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