"Dans tout État policé, la richesse est chose sacrée; dans les démocraties elle est la seule chose sacrée."
— Anatole France

January 1, 1970

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In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — L'Île des Pingouins [Penguin Island] (1908), Book VI: Les Temps Modernes, Ch. II: Pyrot