Proudhon, in What is Property? (1840) states that "certain classes do not relish investigation into the pretended titles to property, and its fabulous and perhaps scandalous history."
Proudhon, dalam bukunya What is Property? (1840), menyatakan bahwa "kelas-kelas tertentu tidak menikmati penyelidikan terhadap sebutan palsu properti dan sejarahnya yang menakjubkan, bahkan kemungkinan besar sarat akan skandal."