Note 2 — I APOLOGIES FOR POLITICAL CORRUPTION

The argument is at least as old as Plato. In the “Laws” it is put as follows: “Acquisitions which come from sources which are just and unjust indifferently are more than double those which come from just sources only.” With the true Greek contempt for business, however, the Philosopher finds it an easy matter to dispose of this specious contention. Cf. the “Laws,” bk. v, p. 125, tr. by B. Jowett, vol. v, 3d ed.