In all the new states of the Union, land monopolization has gone on at an alarming rate, but in none of them so fast as in California, and in none of them, perhaps, are the evil effects so manifest.

The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

Unless there be correct thought, there cannot be any action, and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a peculiar and valuable benefit, and upon them in proportion to the benefit they receive.It is the taking by the community for the use of the community of that value which is the creation of the community. It is the application of the common property to common uses. When all rent is taken by taxation for the needs of the community, then will the equality ordained by nature be attained.