 Let government take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor," instead of the far safer maxim, "Let government take care of the weak, the strong can take care of themselves." Universal suffrage is better than restricted suffrage, but...  The Works of Orestes A. Brownson: Politics - Halaman 195oleh Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1885Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Paul Brown - 1834 - 192 halaman
...good as one brought from Germany. Some aspiring aristocratic genius has said in a public speech, " Take care of the rich;' and the rich will take care of the poor." Very well. A man. looks as if he were in a fair way of taking care of the' poor, who throws down three... | |
 | 1839 - 397 halaman
...proceeds of the public lands;" on another, "the rich and well-born should govern;" on another, "let the government take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." So much for whig principles. Now for the different .names which the party have assumed for the purposes... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Senate - 1849 - 492 halaman
...legislation seems to have beea effected on the maxim ascribed to a distinguished statesman — let the government take care of the rich and the rich will take care of the poor! — The reverse should be the motto of all Republican Governments — "let government protect the poor... | |
 | 1850 - 608 halaman
...convinced of the ability of government to confer prospsrity upon whomsoever it will. The principle, " Take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor," is thus expressed : " As every producer in one branch of useful industry is also cousumer of the products... | |
 | 1850 - 618 halaman
...of fifty bank charters. The old federal system of corruption had been somewhat on the principle of "take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." Their bribes were directed at the influential masses of capital, giving it the means, by special privileges,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 halaman
...as a machine to help them make money. A great politician, it is said, once laid down this rule,—" Take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." Perhaps he did not say that, though he did say that " The great object of government is the protection... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Brown - 1859 - 638 halaman
...hard-earned dollars ? Your whole system is a system of favoritism. Your motto has always been, Let the government take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor. Well may Whiggery rejoice in this the hour of its triumph, for a day of reckoning will come. Let Democracy... | |
 | William Douglas O'Connor - 1860 - 562 halaman
...on street, the dingy dwellings of the fugitives. There was a maxim of statesmanship then current : " Take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." It had been acted upon. The rich had been taken care of, and they had taken such care of these poor,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 314 halaman
...as a machine to help them make money. A great politician, it is said, once laid down this rule, — "Take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." Perhaps he did not say that, though he did say that " The great object of government is the protection... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 326 halaman
...a machine to help them make money. A great politician, it is said, once laid down this rule, — " Take care of the rich, and the rich will take care of the poor." Perhaps ho did not say that, though ho did say that " The great object of government is the protection... | |
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