What we prepare for is what we shall get.

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One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

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If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee.

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The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

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There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

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It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.

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The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital.

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Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.

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The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.

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If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

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