A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard … - R. H. Tawney

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In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a lower class. They all like to think of themselves as potential millionaires.

R. H. Tawney

A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned. . . if only to justify itself for making their life a hell.

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