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" I take it that it is the 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. "
Lincoln, Labor, and Slavery: A Chapter from the Social History of America - Page 172
by Hermann Schlüter - 1913 - 237 pages
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 1

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...am opposed to slavery is iust here. What is the true condition of the laborer TI take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get weal thy. I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich ; ib would do more harm than...
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Lincoln's Words on Living Questions: A Collection of All the Recorded ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1900 - 186 pages
...am opposed to slavery is just here. What is the true condition of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property...he can. Some will get wealthy. I don't believe in law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of a Century, 1809-1909, Commemorative of the ...

Nathan William MacChesney - 1910 - 662 pages
...workingman may stop working — would not deny this right to the workingman of to-day. He who said, in 1860, "I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich," and who did believe in "allowing the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with any one else," would...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 314 pages
...inexpedient. To be fruitful in invention it is indispensable to have a habit of observation and reflection. I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich ; it would do more harm than good. No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Lawyers - 1916 - 314 pages
...inexpedient. To be fruitful in invention it is indispensable to have a habit of observation and reflection. I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich ; it would do more harm than good. No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which...
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Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

Christian Frederick Gauss - Democracy - 1917 - 336 pages
...am opposed to slavery is just this: what is the true condition of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property...prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more 247 Page harm than good. So while we do not propose any war on capital, we do wish to allow the humblest...
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Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

Christian Gauss - Democracy - 1917 - 304 pages
...am opposed to slavery is just this: what is the true condition of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property...law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do morePage harm than good. So while we do not propose any war on capital, we do wish to allow the humblest...
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Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

Christian Gauss - Democracy - 1917 - 350 pages
...is just this: what is the true condition of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to teave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can....prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more •igo barm than good. So while we do not propose any war on capital, we do wish to allow the humblest...
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Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

Christian Gauss - Democracy - 1917 - 324 pages
...am opposed to slavery is just this: what is the true condition of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property...Some will get wealthy. I don't believe in a law to preven^ a man from getting rich; it would do more 247 Pige harm than good. So while we do not propose...
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Democracy Today: An American Interpretation

Christian Gauss - Democracy - 1917 - 408 pages
...am opposed to slavery is just this: what is the true condition of the laborer? 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. So while...
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