
As quoted in The Old Order and the New (1890) by J. Morris Davidson
The Criticism of the Gotha Program (1875)
Variant: Variant translation: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
As quoted in The Old Order and the New (1890) by J. Morris Davidson
Edwatch conference, October 10-11, 2003
on Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's "Tax-Free Zones" initiative
2000s
“Each one writes history according to his convenience.”
Letter to Blumentritt, written at Leipzig,(22 August 1886)
“To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.”
Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 24, pg. 141
Quoted in The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage (1916) by C. A. Wynschenk Dom, p. 6
Context: God being a common good, and His boundless love being common to all, He gives His grace... to all men, Pagan and Jew, good or evil... Thus God is a common light and a common splendour, enlightening heaven and earth, and every man, each according to his need and worth.
Freeman (1948), p. 166
Variant: Envy is the cause of political division.
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.”
Source: Man, the State, and War (1959), Chapter II, The First Image, p. 23