As to wealth, no citizen should be rich enough to be able to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.[Quant à la richesse, que nul citoyen ne soit assez opulent pour en pouvoir acheter un autre, et nul assez pauvre pour être contraint de se vendre.]
Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book II, Chapter 11. The Different Systems of Legislation, Page 52
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