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" The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But lets the greater felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. "
Journal of United Labor - Page 477
by Knights of Labor - 1883
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Mandates, Dependencies and Trusteeship

Hessel Duncan Hall - International trusteeships - 1972 - 454 pages
...have been too obviously playing out the eighteenth-century doggerel — The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But...felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. Nor was the failure merely that of the League. It was the failure also of the United States. The latter...
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Ethical Standards in Government

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - Political ethics - 1951 - 108 pages
...over by the nobility of England has also real meaning for our times: The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But...felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. Characteristics of American life Witnesses called attention to other characteristics of American life...
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Ethical Standards in Government

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - Political ethics - 1951 - 100 pages
...over by the nobility of England has also real meaning for our times: The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But...felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. Characteristics of American life Witnesses called attention to other characteristics of American life...
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Investigation of Housing, 1955-56: Hearings Before the ..., Volumes 1-3

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing - Housing - 1955 - 1142 pages
...of the business practices today. It reads: "The law locks up both man and woman Who steal the goose off the common But lets the greater felon loose Who steals the common from the goose," The greedy and grasping home builders stand self-condemned. They show- IK> interest in the welfare...
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Diversion of Water from Lake Michigan

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - Chicago (Ill.) - 1958 - 432 pages
...been put so beautifully by the distinguished Senator from Illinois when he says : "the law locks up the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common, and lets the greatest felon loose who steals the common from the goose." It seems to me that this is...
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Diversion of Water from Lake Michigan. Hearings ... 85-2 ... July 28-29 ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - 1958 - 432 pages
...been put so beautifully by the distinguished Senator from Illinois when he says : "the law locks up the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common, and lets the greatest felon loose who steals the common from the goose." It seems to me that this is...
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Miscellaneous Tax Bills: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures - Taxation - 1986 - 400 pages
...old anonymous statement that I thought was catchy. It goes something like thisi "The law doth punish man or woman who steals the goose from off the common, but sets the greater felon loose who steals the common from the goose." Now how is this relevant? Well,...
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Peace Together: A Vision of Christian Pacifism

Clive Barrett - Political Science - 1987 - 148 pages
...military base itself does not do that in far greater measure! It reminds one of the old enclosures rhyme: The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose...felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. SOLIDARITY Although the stereotype depicts women in spiteful rivalry and competition, women more usually...
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher The law doth punish man or woman That steals the goose from off the common. But lets the greater felon loose, That steals the common from the goose. anonymous Property is a god. This god already has its theology...
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Reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ..., Volume 12

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources - Law - 1992 - 1106 pages
...Opponent's Ill-Conceived Concepts 28 HR 1330 31 HR 404 31 Horror Stories 35 Conclusion 37 The law locks up the man or woman, who steals the goose from off the common; But the greater villian the law lets loose, who steals the commons from the goose." Anonymous, 17th Century...
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