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Next Page »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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Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. George K. Warren. (National Archives Gift Collection)
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NARA FILE #: 200-FL-22
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Victor Hugo: Prosperity Makes Monsters
on Friday, June 30, 2017Victor Hugo Money Quote saying we are strengthened and grow with the difficulties of life, but we grow soft and complacent and demanding and even grotesque with too much. Victor Hugo said:
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters
— Victor Hugo
Joseph Addison: Virtues in Prosperity
on Tuesday, July 12, 2016Joseph Addison Money Quote saying our best qualities may only be either prompted by circumstances or by that ability bestowed by wealth. Joseph Addison said:
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and some in prosperity
— Joseph Addison
William Hazlitt: Adversity A Great Teacher
on Tuesday, June 14, 2016William Hazlitt Money Quote saying wealth teaches us, adversity teaches more as doing without possessions increases our strength. William Hazlitt said:
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it
— William Hazlitt
Proverbs 8: Riches, Wealth, Prosperity & Gold
on Friday, February 19, 2016Proverbs 8:18-21 Money Quote saying that every type of wealth and riches are given to the righteous followers of Christ that love his teachings. Proverbs 8:18-21 said:
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full
— Proverbs 8:18-21
Nick Hanauer: Plutocrats Made in America
on Monday, January 11, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying wealthy need to understand the value in a strong middle class in capitalism. Nick Hanauer said:
We plutocrats need to see that the United States of America made us, not the other way around; that a thriving middle class is the source of prosperity in capitalist economies, not a consequence of it
— Nick Hanauer
Nick Hanauer: Inclusion Creates Prosperity
on Sunday, January 10, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying including everyone in prosperity is democratic beyond enabling rich to get richer. Nick Hanauer said:
The work of democracies is to maximize the inclusion of the many in order to create prosperity, not to enable the few to accumulate money
— Nick Hanauer
John Adams: Government Not For Profit
on Tuesday, December 1, 2015John Adams Money Quotation saying the government he helped to found was for the protection and happiness of everyone and not a limited privileged few. John Adams said:
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men
— John Adams
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