A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Redistribution of wealth

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Everybody's Political What's What?

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What? Constable & Company/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944, ch. 30.

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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

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Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Language
French
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

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