![The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying that yearning which can do aught else than rob A to give to B; consequently all such plans nourish some of the meanest vices of human nature, waste capital, and overthrow civilization.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-yearning-after-equality-in-economic-outcome-is-the-offspring-of-envy-and-co.jpg)
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