The great fallacy of socialist schemes is that they break off the social reaction. A man is to have something simply because he is a man - that is, simply because he is here. He is not called upon to make any return for it, except to stay. On the other hand, the tax-payer, who has provided all there is, is not on that account to be entitled to recompense of any kind. He has incurred a new liability, viz., to do the next thing which is demanded of him.
- William Graham Sumner
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