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Most people now fear dismissal more than legal punishment; the capitalist is the Englishman's true master
Drawn from what Hilaire Belloc said
What Hilaire Belloc actually said
- Hilaire Belloc Anglo-French writer and historian (1870 to 1953)
Most men now fear the loss of employment more than they fear legal punishment, and the discipline under which men are coerced in their modern forms of activity in England is the fear of dismissal. The true master of the Englishman to-day is not the Sovereign nor the officers of State, nor, save indirectly, the laws; his true master is the Capitalist.
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↗The Servile State (1912)gutenberg.org
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