Finance is a slave's word. ✨ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry John Tozer, …

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Finance is a slave's word. ✨ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry John Tozer, Derek Matravers (1997). The Social Contract, p.95, Wordsworth Editions
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Finance is a slave's word. ✨ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry John Tozer, Derek Matravers (1997). The Social Contract, p.95, Wordsworth Editions

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