An enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.


Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin (ed. Yale University Press, 2006) - ISBN: 9780300135015

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

An enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and,...

An enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and,...

An enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and,...

An enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and,...