One cannot win a people by filling the pockets of those who are already propertied, while the poor are driven into ever deeper misery. |
Roman victories had not only brought wealth and land to the propertied class, but vast numbers of slaves, creating the conditions for revolt. |
There did not seem to be a wealthy propertied class of landlords or a bourgeoisie. |
His transactions touched virtually all propertied families, many to their detriment. |
He invites the propertied to rid themselves voluntarily of their possessions. |
He highlights how anti-communist prejudice has lent weight to a sympathetic view of the propertied classes particularly over the treatment of slaves. |