The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.
About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.
An educated people can be easily governed.
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.