The Urge To Distribute Wealth Equally, And Still More The Belief That It Can Be Brought About By Political Action, Is The Most Dangerous Of All Popular Emotions. It Is The Legitimation Of Envy, Of All The Deadly Sins The One Which A Stable Society Based On Consensus Should Fear The Most. The Monster State Is A Source Of Many Evils; But It Is, Above All, An Engine Of Envy.

-Paul Johnson

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The Urge To Distribute Wealth Equally, And

Paul Johnson

The Urge To Distribute Wealth Equally, And Still More The Belief That It Can Be Brought About By Political Action, Is The Most Dangerous Of All Popular Emotions. It Is The Legitimation Of Envy, Of All The Deadly Sins The One Which A Stable Society Based On Consensus Should Fear The Most. The Monster State Is A Source Of Many Evils; But It Is, Above All, An Engine Of Envy.

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Envy

It Is One Of The Many Ironies Of This Period That, At A Time When The Intelligentsia Were Excoriating Mellon For Tax-evasion, And Contrasting The Smooth-running Soviet Planned Economy With The Breakdown In America, He Was Secretly Exploiting The Frantic Necessities Of The Soviet Leaders To Form The Basis Of One Of America's Most Splendid Public Collections

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