On Wealth and Poverty

“Wealth is no proof of moral character; nor poverty of the want of it — On the contrary, wealth is often the presumptive evidence of dishonesty; and poverty the negative evidence of innocence.”
-Thomas Paine, Principles of Government

The accumulation of wealth often carries with it a moral burden; one most easily avoided by the simple innocence of it.

 

 

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