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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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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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I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. ↗

— Lucretius

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Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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