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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,

"To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and
that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association -- the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."




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Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

Note in Tracy's "Political Economy," 1816

Categories:

Autocracy, Constitution, Economics, Exploitation, Individual Rights, Socialism, Taxation, Theft, Wealth, Welfare, Redistribution

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