... the enjoyment of certain political rights depends upon the amount of property. But, in these same countries, property is expressive, rather than attributive, of the qualifications necessary to the exercise of these rights. It is rather a conjectural proof than the cause of these qualifications."—Rossi: Treatise on ... — What is Property? - An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government • P. J. Proudhon
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