His book is virtually an essay upon the natural right of men to the soil.

He does not doubt that the distress of the times is due to the land monopoly.

The earth being given to men in common, its invasion by private ownership is a dangerous perversion.

Men have the right to the full product of their labor; but the privileges of the landowner prevent the enjoyment of that right.

The primary duty of every State is the increase of public happiness; and the happiest nation is that which has the greatest number of free and independent cultivators.