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P.J. Proudhon, 1849. Apôtre du socialisme, ennemi de la propriété et son destructeur breveté (sans garantie du gouvernement). (Apostle of socialism, enemy of capitalism and its certified destroyer (without state guarantee).) Caricature portrait of French journalist, economist, socialist politician and philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865). His best-known assertion is that 'property is theft!', contained in his first major work, "What Is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and Government" (Qu'est-ce que la propriété? Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement), published in 1840. Series: Les Représentans Représentés (Representatives Represented).