Quote#Wisdom
Those that Buy and Sell Land, and are landlords, have got it either…
Quote byGerrard Winstanley · 1609–1676
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The True Levellers Standard Advanced (1649).
English (original)
Those that Buy and Sell Land, and are landlords, have got it either by Oppression, or Murther, or Theft; and all landlords lives in the breach of the Seventh and Eighth Commandements
— Gerrard Winstanley
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