“There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.”
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.