Plunder famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We cannot agree that an act of plunder which threatens the livelihood of many nations should be allowed to succeed.
-- Anthony Eden -
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
-- Edward Said -
Interest is theft, Rent Robbery, and Profit Only Another Name for Plunder.
-- Ezra Heywood -
And this is what has taken place. The delusion of the day is to enrich all classes at the expense of each other; it is to generalize plunder under pretense of organizing it.
-- Frederic Bastiat -
When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.
-- Frederic Bastiat -
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.
-- Thomas Paine