Government: a conspiracy of the rich whose objective is to increase their own wealth while the government they control claims to be a commonwealth concerned with the common welfare.
—- Thomas More, Utopia
Soldiers loyal to Henry VIII (a Catholic, until 1534; an Anglican afterward; r. 1509 – 1547) behead Thomas More, former Lord Chancellor to king Henry, for treason (not acknowledging Henry’s bigamist marriage to Anne Boleyn).
[restored 9/15/2024]
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 2:65.
Thomas More – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More#Indictment,_trial_and_execution
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