Natural inequality

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I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Natural inequality Virtue Talent

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John Adams. 28 Oct. 1813.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "John Adams, Oct. 28, 1813." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

Warren G. Harding

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding

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Natural inequality Poverty Economic inequality

Speaker

Warren G. Harding

Source

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harding, William G. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1921, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.