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- Nov 07, 2020
Rich Quotes
On wealth, privilege, and richness beyond money.
Not every quote here is about bank accounts - some describe a college's rich history or a rich jewel of knowledge, while others weigh how wealth and protection are distributed. If money is more your focus, see Money.
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- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of situations, usually. One doctor observed that it was rare when people were rich to become schizophrenic. If they were poor or didn't have too much money, then it was more likely.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easy to say that there are the rich and the poor, and so something should be done. But in history, there are always the rich and the poor. If the poor were not as poor, we would still call them the poor. I mean, whoever has less can be called the poor. You will always have the 10% that have less and the 10% that have the most.
- Free Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The unlimited power that many modern gurus offer is false hope. Their programs calling us to unlimited power have made them rich, not us. They touch our false selves and tap our toxic shame.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we're upset about it, they'll say money is all we care about.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hey, I'm not rich, but I'm lucky. I get to do what I want to do. That's not an easy thing to do in this country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not all Republicans are rich, dress in three-piece suits, and have $200 haircuts. I'm somebody who's lived from paycheck to paycheck. I'm focusing on my blue-collar roots - I've worked side by side with union people.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
One must not confuse the fight against corruption with the persecution of the rich or wealthy families.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020