Little ones Quote by Czech Proverb

Great rogues hang the little ones.

— Cardinal Mazarin

“We hang on by so little, he thought, and felt the full despair of knowing that.”

— Rachel Joyce

The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat…

— Louis L'Amour

The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to…

— Murray Rothbard

Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government coercion is…

— Robert Higgs

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

— Nina Bawden

Government income redistribution programs produce the same result as theft. In fact, that's what a thief does; he redistributes income. The difference between government…

— Walter E. Williams

There are three ways by which an individual can get wealth-by work, by gift, and by theft. And, clearly, the reasons why the workers…

— Henry George

One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.

— Aristophanes

Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were…

— Daniel Pennac

“Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some…

— Simone Weil