Civilized Quote by John C. Calhoun

I take higher ground. I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and…

— John C. Calhoun

Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls.

— Calvin Coolidge

It would be well for those interested to reflect whether there now exists, or ever has existed, a wealthy and civilized community in which…

— John C. Calhoun

Civilization, or that which is so called, has operated two ways to make one part of society more affluent and the other part more…

— Thomas Paine

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

— Richard Paul Evans

The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep…

— Michael Moore

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

— Oscar Wilde

We have no paupers ... The great mass of our [United States] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without labor, either…

— Thomas Jefferson

Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more…

— Ronald Reagan

There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery.

— Robert M. T. Hunter

For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.

— Marco Rubio