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Natural inequality2 quotes
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson · 1813There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty. — Warren G. Harding · 1921
Economic inequality1 quote
There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty. — Warren G. Harding · 1921
Poverty1 quote
There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty. — Warren G. Harding · 1921
Talent1 quote
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson · 1813
Virtue1 quote
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson · 1813