Who said You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it?

Answer 1

This quote appears frequently on the internet and is often attributed to Dr. Rogers with a date of 1931. In fact, this quote is part of a longer passage in Dr. Rogers' 1996 work Ten Secrets for a Successful Family (ISBN 978-0891078838).

The passage is also often mis-quoted or mis-arranged. Here is the passage on page 138 where this famous quote appears:

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the industrious out of it. You don't multiply wealth by dividing it. Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn't first take from somebody else. Whenever somebody receives something without working for it, somebody else has to work for it without receiving. The worst thing that can happen to a nation is for half of the people to get the idea they don't have to work because somebody else will work for them, and the other half to get the idea that it does no good to work because they don't get to enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Answer 2

The quote "You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it" is commonly attributed to J.W. Krutch, an American writer and critic. The quote highlights the importance of unity and collaboration in creating wealth rather than division and conflict.