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Quotes from Defence of Criminals – Criticism of Immorality — Edward Carpenter

1844–1929 England

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When the ideal of Society is material gain or possession, as it is largely today, the object of its special condemnation is the thief – not the rich thief, for he is already in possession and therefore respectable, but the poor thief.

Defence of Criminals – Criticism of Immorality (1889)

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