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Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy. ↗

— James T. Walsh

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The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively. ↗

— Socrates

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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. ↗

— Epictetus

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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts. ↗

— Andrew Young

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Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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