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

Quote by William Graham Sumner

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The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living...

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living...

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

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

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

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard...

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard...

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

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

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started...

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started...

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that...

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that...

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of...

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of...

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they...

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they...

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his...

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his...

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing...

Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing...

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

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

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

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

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces...

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces...

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and...

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and...

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial,...

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial,...

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the...

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the...

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate...

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate...