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Quotes from Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality — Edward Carpenter

1844–1929 England

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The money-grubber has been floating with the great current of society, while the poor man has been swimming against it.

Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (1889)

The law is in a sense the consolidated public opinion of society.

Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (1889)

The man who attempted to retain for himself land or goods, or who fenced off a portion of the common ground and—like the modern landlord—would allow no one to till it who did not pay him a tax—was a criminal of the deepest dye. Nevertheless the criminals pushed their way to the front, and have become the respectables of modern society.

Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (1889)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Carpenter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.