Gustavus Myers

thumb|Gustavus Myers Gustavus Myers (March 20, 1872 – December 7, 1942) was an American journalist and historian who published a series of highly critical and influential studies on the social costs of wealth accumulation. Quotes It is one thing to commit crimes against property, and a vastly different thing to commit crimes in behalf of property. Such is the edict of a system inspired by the sway of property. History of the Great American Fortunes, vol. 1 (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1909), pt. 2, ch. 5 (p. 217). Quoted in Albert E. Kahn, High Treason: The Plot Against the People (New York: Lear, 1950), bk. 2, ch. 6, epigraph (p. 77) External links Category:1872 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Journalists from New Jersey Category:Historians from the United States Category:Parapsychologists Category:Socialists from the United States Category:People from Trenton