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When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor,… — Andrew Jackson
A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out. — Harry Browne
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best… — Learned Hand
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? — Mark Twain
I'm very lonely now, Mary, For the poor make no new friends; But oh they love the better still The few our Father sends! — Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. — Thomas Carlyle
Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them. — T. Harv Eker
Poor people and most of the middle class are not willing to be uncomfortable. Remember, being comfortable is their biggest priority in life... The only… — T. Harv Eker
The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want. Rich people are totally clear that… — T. Harv Eker
Poor people either mismanage their money or they avoid the subject of money altogether. — T. Harv Eker
Poor and most middle-class people believe "If I have a lot of money, I could do what I want and I'd be a success." Rich… — T. Harv Eker
Rich people work hard and believe it's perfectly appropriate to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide for others. Poor people… — T. Harv Eker
Rich people believe in themselves. They believe in their value and in their ability to deliver it. Poor people don't. That's why they need "guarantees." — T. Harv Eker
Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only have a little… — T. Harv Eker
The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production. They are at… — Ludwig von Mises
The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from buying decide who… — Ludwig von Mises
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?" — Thomas Sowell
Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run...the secret to success, my friends, is not to try… — T. Harv Eker
Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place… — Irving Kristol

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