Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.

Andrew Carnegie

Read The Gospel of Wealth at carnegie.org

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Topic

Property rights Political theory

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Industrialist Businessperson

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "Wealth." North American Review, June 1889.

Current Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Gospel of Wealth." The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2006.

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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

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If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

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Abraham Lincoln
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Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

Current Citation

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