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Justice for the poor should not be left to the choice of individual givers
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- Thomas Paine Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809)
In all great cases it is necessary to have a principle more universally active than charity; and with respect to justice, it ought not to be left to the choice of detached individuals, whether they will do justice or not.
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↗Agrarian Justice (1797; Philadelphia, R. Folwell)en.wikisource.org
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