Wherever democracy has prevailed, the power of the State has been used in some form or other to plunder the well-to-do classes for the benefit of the poor. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

Wherever democracy has prevailed, the power of the State has been used in some form or other to plunder the well-to-do classes for the benefit of the poor.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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