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on Thursday, December 31, 2020Toni Morrison Money Quote saying the wealthy get inheritances to keep them in the money along with the rest of the old-boy network. Toni Morrison said:
“Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don’t mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network” — Toni Morrison
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Daymond John: Legacy Inheritance
on Sunday, February 24, 2019Daymond John Money Quote saying that leaving money to kids is not as important as leaving them something valuable as humans. Daymond John said:
“I don’t want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy” — Daymond John
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William Lloyd Garrison: Slaveholder Man-Stealer
on Monday, December 10, 2018William Lloyd Garrison Money Quote saying in an essay titled “No Compromise with the Evil of Slavery” that nothing justifies anyone to accept slavery’s existence. William Lloyd Garrison said:
“Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man-stealer. By no precedent, no example, no law, no compact, no purchase, no bequest, no inheritance, no combination of circumstances, is slaveholding right or justifiable. While a slave remains in his fetters, the land must have no rest” — William Lloyd Garrison
Born December 10, 1805 – Died May 23, 1879
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Alfred Nobel: Inherited Wealth Misfortune
on Sunday, November 25, 2018Alfred Nobel Money Quote saying relatives shouldn’t get much inheritance be passed to his relatives. Alfred Nobel said:
“I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men’s faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives” — Alfred Nobel
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November 25, 1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
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Anne Bradstreet: Good Inheritance Wisdom
on Saturday, September 16, 2017Anne Bradstreet Money Quote saying Hey! Why not a little bit of wealth with that genius? Better than a dope without cash, but either way, I’ll take it! Anne Bradstreet said:
“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom” – Anne Bradstreet
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Frederick Douglass: Inheritance Not Shared
on Tuesday, July 4, 2017Frederick Douglass Money Quote saying On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society. Frederick Douglass said:
“The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me” — Frederick Douglass
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Born February 14, 1818 – Died February 20, 1895

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. George K. Warren. (National Archives Gift Collection)
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NARA FILE #: 200-FL-22
WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 113
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Johann Kaspar Lavater: Divided Inheritance
on Saturday, July 1, 2017Johann Kaspar Lavater Money Quote saying we don’t completely understand the character of anyone until we split an inheritance with them. Johann Kaspar Lavater said:
“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him” — Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Proverbs: Leave an Inheritance for Children
on Friday, April 1, 2016Proverbs 13:22 Money Quote saying good people leave their wealth to their family, but bad people have it taken away for good. Proverbs 13:22 said:
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just
— Proverbs 13:22