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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1633 |
AUTHOR:
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Abraham Lincoln (180965) |
QUOTATION:
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I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I don’t believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. |
ATTRIBUTION:
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, speech at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, 1860.The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 4, p. 24 (1953). |
SUBJECTS:
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Rich |
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