That Alone Is Wise Which Is Just;

The Ideal Social State Is Not That In Which Each Gets An Equal Amount Of Wealth, But In Which Each Gets In Proportion To His Contribution To The General Stock.

Property In Land Is As Indefensible As Property In Man.

It Is As To Whether Its Services Or Uses Are To Be Exchanged Or Not Which Makes A Tool An Article Of Capital Or Merely An Article Of Wealth. Thus, The Lathe Of A Manufacturer Used In Making Things Which Are To Be Exchanged Is Capital, While The Lathe Kept By A Gentleman For His Own Amusement Is Not.

Private Ownership Of Land Is The Nether Mill-stone. Material Progress Is The Upper Mill-stone. Between Them, With An Increasing Pressure, The Working Classes Are Being Ground.

It Is Not From Top To Bottom That Societies Die; It Is From Bottom To Top.