What John Ruskin thinks about politics
English art critic and social thinker (1819 to 1900); author of Unto This Last.
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1 dated position, c. 1860–1862, in their own words. Our reading of what John Ruskin has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAnd with respect to the mode in which these general principles affect the secure possession of property, so far am I from invalidating such security, that the whole gist of these papers will be found ultimately to aim at an extension in its range; and whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.
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