Quote#Money & Wealth
There is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor…
Quote byRussell Conwell · 1843–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Acres of Diamonds (1915).
English (original)
There is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings, or by the shortcomings of someone else. It is all wrong to be poor, anyhow.
— Russell Conwell
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