Quote#Money & Wealth
Law and order are the privilege of the poor. So far as they affect…
Quote byRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury · 1830–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Conference of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations in Oxford (23 November 1887), quoted in The Times (24 November 1887), p. 7.
English (original)
Law and order are the privilege of the poor. So far as they affect the rich they are the restraint of the rich. It is for all those who are interested in the industry and commerce of this country, not for those who are interested merely in fixed capital and the leisurely enjoyment of its fruits, to struggle to maintain the idea of the supremacy of the law.
— Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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