"The more one considers the matter, the clearer……" — Bertrand de Jouvenel
"The more one considers the matter, the clearer it becomes that redistribution is in effect far less a redistribution of free income from the richer to the poorer, as we imagined, than a redistribution of power from the individual to the State."
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Bertrand de Jouvenel
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8 Quotes by Bertrand de Jouvenel
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