Difficult Quote by Henry George

Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are…

— William Petty

Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges,…

— Will Durant

“whatever part of it remains after paying the rent of the land, and the price of the whole labour employed in raising, manufacturing, and…

— Adam Smith

We have landowners, small growers. We have people who are holding onto land that was acquired by their families after slavery. They need to…

— Shirley Sherrod

The land belongs to the people who work it,

— Emiliano Zapata

The purpose and effect of [land titles] have been to maintain, in the hands of robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly of all…

— Lysander Spooner

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous…

— Leland Stanford

“Human beings need land even more so than they need money; the monopoly of land - not the monopoly of money - is the…

— Martin Adams

Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system. High costs of living and high…

— Andrew Mellon

Everyone wants a piece of land. It's the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine. Land will…

— Sam Shepard

“The ability of individuals to extract wealth from society by profiting from land also leads to cultural degeneration and a loss of social cohesion…

— Martin Adams

For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the homes of their masters in…

— Martin Luther King, Jr