The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

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The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

G.K. Chesterton

1914

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Chesterton, G.K. "The Flying Inn." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, edited by Iain T. Benson. Vol. 7, Ignatius Press, 2005, ch. 15. Originally published by John Lane/Methuen, 1914.

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