Anatole France

To paraphrase Anatole France, this is what it means when it's a crime to steal bread or sleep under a bridge, but not to crash the whole world's economy.

Blog entry 2009

Or, again, M. Thibaut, who writes under the name of "Anatole France," gives footnotes by the score in his romance of Joan of Arc, apparently not even caring to examine whether they so much as refer to his text, let alone support it.

First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

I am reminded of French writer Anatole France's passage in The Red Lily: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Marian Wright Edelman: Is Our Nation on the Titanic? Marian Wright Edelman 2011

I am reminded of French writer Anatole France's passage in The Red Lily: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Marian Wright Edelman: Is Our Nation on the Titanic? Marian Wright Edelman 2011

I am reminded of French writer Anatole France's passage in The Red Lily: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Marian Wright Edelman: Is Our Nation on the Titanic? Marian Wright Edelman 2011

I am reminded of French writer Anatole France's passage in The Red Lily: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Marian Wright Edelman: Is Our Nation on the Titanic? Marian Wright Edelman 2011

I am reminded of French writer Anatole France's passage in The Red Lily: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Marian Wright Edelman: Is Our Nation on the Titanic? Marian Wright Edelman 2011

"The law in its majestic equality," wrote Anatole France, "forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Arizona Republicans Reject Free Market; Opt for Big Government 2010

I started with Anatole France, but I end, as I must, with the equally quotable Casey Stengel.

Tax cuts for rich and poor alike Richard Cohen 2010

I started with Anatole France, but I end, as I must, with the equally quotable Casey Stengel.

Tax cuts for rich and poor alike Richard Cohen 2010