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All wealth is the product of labor.

Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.

There is no real wealth but the labor of man.

Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves.

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt.

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

If low taxes were the way that people like me created wealth, then we'd be starting our companies in the Congo or Somalia or Afghanistan, but we're not. We come to places where there are lots and lots of customers.

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.