The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

G.K. Chesterton

The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare

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Rich vs. poor The rich The poor

Speaker

Ratcliffe

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Chesterton, G.K. "The Man Who Was Thursday." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by J.W. Arrowsmith, 1904.

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William Graham Sumner
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Folkways
Genre
Sociology
Language
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Time
1906 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 11.