"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all." – Adam Smith,
(An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Methuen and Co., ed. Edwin Cannan, 1904. Fifth edition. First published: 1776. Book V, Ch. 1, Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth in paragraph V.1.55, at http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html.) -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
