Malefactors of great wealth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This is a brief label targeting wealthy wrongdoers. It suggests wealth should not protect criminals.
- In plain terms
- Rich people who break laws are still bad people.
- What can you take from it?
- Wealth does not excuse criminal behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should laws treat rich and poor the same?
- What defines a malefactor?
Another view
It is too vague to define specific wrongdoings.
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