Ilana Mercer South African writer
"Mel's 'Malady,' Foxman's Fetish," http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=131 WorldNetDaily.com, August 4, 2006. <br class="br">2000s, 2006
“The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.”
Source: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 117
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