Concepts Quote by Neil Abercrombie

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old…

— Neil Abercrombie

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant…

— Robert Mugabe

What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the…

— Michael Moorcock

“Land ownership is an entry monopoly: Land is naturally scarce for each location since its supply can't be increased... When people buy a piece…

— Martin Adams

Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like to think you must have had very big causes.…

— Kenneth Baker

For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.

— Vilfredo Pareto

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

— Anonymous

We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may…

— Wade Davis

As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on…

— Moshe Sharett

Land is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone

— Isabel Allende

The question arose, how would the communities manage this land on their own. That's why the Communal Land Rights Bill then borrows an institution…

— Thabo Mbeki

“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