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The Law Has Been Perverted Through The Influence Of Two Very Different Causes-naked Greed And Misconceived Philanthropy.

Legal Plunder Has Two Roots: One, As We Have Just Seen, Is In Human Selfishness; The Other Is In False Philanthropy.

We Hold From God The Gift Which Includes All Others. This Gift Is Life - Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Life.

It Is Impossible To Introduce Into Society A Greater Change And A Greater Evil Than This: The Conversion Of The Law Into An Instrument Of Plunder.

Now Since Man Is Naturally Inclined To Avoid Pain - And Since Labor Is Pain In Itself - It Follows That Men Will Resort To Plunder Whenever Plunder Is Easier Than Work. History Shows This Quite Clearly. And Under These Conditions, Neither Religion Nor Morality Can Stop It. When, Then, Does Plunder Stop? It Stops When It Becomes More Painful And More Dangerous Than Labor. It Is Evident, Then, That The Proper Purpose Of Law Is To Use The Power Of Its Collective Force To Stop This Fatal Tendency To Plunder Instead Of To Work. All The Measures Of The Law Should Protect Property And Punish Plunder.