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Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
Principles of Political Economy (1848)
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children, apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind, the lower animals.
Principles of Political Economy (1848)
The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear being thrust back by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.
Principles of Political Economy (1848)
Landlords... grow richer, as it were in their sleep, without working, risking, or economizing.
Principles of Political Economy (1848)