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> [“In a word, commercial competition, under the paternal aegis of the law, allows the great majority of merchants-— and this fact is attested to in countless medical inquests-— adulterate provisions and drink, sell pernicious substances as wholesome food, and kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/in-a-word-commercial-competition-under-the-paternal-aegis-of-the-law/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

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## More by Élisée Reclus

> [“Geography is history in place, history is geography in time”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/geography-is-history-in-place-history-is-geography-in-time/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [“One overriding fact dominates all of modern civilization, the fact that the property of a single person can increase indefinitely, and even, by virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/one-overriding-fact-dominates-all-of-modern-civilization-the-fact/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [“A sincere person owes it to themselves to expose the frightful barbarity which still prevails in the hidden depths of a society so outwardly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/a-sincere-person-owes-it-to-themselves-to-expose-the-frightful/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [“The power of kings and emperors has limits, but that of wealth has none at all. The dollar is the master of masters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/the-power-of-kings-and-emperors-has-limits-but-that-of-wealth-has/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [An individual can be truly moral only when they are their own master. From the moment when they awaken to a comprehension of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/an-individual-can-be-truly-moral-only-when-they-are-their-own-master/)

[Elisee Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [“In a word, commercial competition, under the paternal aegis of the law, allows the great majority of merchants-— and this fact is attested to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/in-a-word-commercial-competition-under-the-paternal-aegis-of-the-law/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

> [“Laissez faire! Let things alone! have said the judges of the camp. Careers are open; and although the field is covered with corpses, although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lis-e-reclus/laissez-faire-let-things-alone-have-said-the-judges-of-the-camp/)

[Élisée Reclus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lis-e-reclus/)

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