Human condition Quote by Martin Adams

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

— Martin Adams

There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

— Karl Marx

'Poor can't lose land to benefit wealthy

— Ritu Ghatourey

The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all…

— Richard Stallman

“Since people can only be paid for their goods and services or extract rent from society, less income is available to service the payment…

— Martin Adams

“Wealth acquired by creating value for society is not equivalent to wealth that comes from economic rents. For example, a very important factor in…

— Jean Tirole

“With deregulation, privatisation, free trade, what we're seeing is yet another enclosure and, if you like, private taking of the commons. One of the…

— Elaine Bernard

Societies that depend on natural resources tend to have certain inherent problems. The limited concentration of wealth - whether from oil, coal, diamonds, or…

— Lawrence Wright

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough a…

— Anonymous

“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the…

— Howard Zinn

I have seen that community and a close relationship with the land can enrich human life beyond all comparison with material wealth or technological…

— Helena Norberg-Hodge