Note 678 — Chapter V · : PROUDHON AND THE SOCIALISM OF 1848

In the Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe Siècle, p. 198: “The citizens of France have a right to demand and if need be to join together for the establishment of bakehouses, butchers’ shops, etc., which will sell them bread and meat and other articles of consumption of good quality at a reasonable price, taking the place of the present chaotic method, where short weight, poor quality, and an exorbitant price seem to be the order. For a similar reason they have the right to establish a bank, with the amount of capital which they think fit, in order to get the cash which they need for their transactions as cheaply as possible.”