I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.
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The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.William Graham Sumner
Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.
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The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital.
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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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A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.
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I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.
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