The Medieval Church on the Duties of the Rich to the Poor
I love the lines quoted from Thomas Aquinas: “Goods that are held in superabundance by some people should be used for the maintenance of the poor… It is the bread of the poor you are holding back; it is the clothes of the naked which you are hoarding; it is the relief and liberation of the wretched which you are thwarting.” The only words missing are: “… Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron.”
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Noblesse oblige as they say;
notion of aristocratic responsibilities: the idea that people born into the nobility or upper social classes must behave in an honourable and generous way toward those less privileged
If there is a hell, there is a special place in it waiting for IDS.
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