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English Lawyer, Judge, Social Philosopher, Author, Statesman, and Noted Renaissance Humanist
: Venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, he was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #9 on Political Struggle Quotes >> State and Oppression
“It is the fear of want that makes any of the whole race of animals either greedy or ravenous; but besides fear, there is in man a pride that makes him fancy it a particular glory to excel others in pomp and excess.”
Source: "Utopia," by Thomas More, 1516. Book 2, Of Their Traffic.
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