"When the rich and the powerful rise they leave the powerless and the poor without possibility."

Inequality, Poor, Power, Possibility

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"When the rich and the powerful rise they leave the powerless and the poor without possibility."

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"Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses another. That is a truth which establishes itself and precludes any discussion: you are rich and I am poor."

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"The Fed's policies have been an unqualified success for financiers and an abject failure for the bottom 99.5% who have to work for a living."

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"In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases."

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