I heard that's apocriphal. Is that right? En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
So, the definition could have been apocryphal, it could have been fleeting, it could have been a sales pitch, it could have been viewed as a good thing or bad, dependent upon what he thought he needed to get and hold power.
I bow to others on this topic, but this sums up my understanding on what I have read. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland