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Quotation from Utopia by Thomas More
“as long as there is any property, and while money is the standard of all other things, I cannot think that a nation can be governed either justly or happily”
Utopia, Book I (Discourses of Raphael Hythloday), the dialogue of counsel, trans. Gilbert Burnet
Raphael states his real conviction before describing Utopia.
Citation: "as long as there is any property, and while money is the standard of all other things, I cannot think that a nation can be governed either justly or happily" — Thomas More, Utopia, Book I (Discourses of Raphael Hythloday), the dialogue of counsel, trans. Gilbert Burnet. (id utopia-q4)
Portrait: Isola di Utopia Moro, Original uploader was Marcok at it.wikipedia, Public domain.
