“Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.” PersonsImportantPrinciplesEconomyDependsLabourDivision Author:Charles Babbage
“Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as the poor, all that accrues from the revenues should be collected into a single fund and distributed in block grants to those in need, if possible in lump sums large enough for the acquisition of a small piece of land, but if not, enough to start a business, or work in agriculture. And if that cannot be done for all, the distribution might be by tribes or some other division each in turn.” IfsNeedsShouldWellsMadeDoneEnoughMightTurnsPoliticsPoorEffortEconomyRichPiecesLandAdvantageProsperityBlockLiberalismFundGrantsDivisionAgricultureTribesDistributionRevenueAcquisitionLumpsThose In NeedSmall Pieces Author:Aristotle
“We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind of person? We do not agree with those who have said that property should be communally owned, but we do believe that there should be a friendly arrangement for its common use, and that none of the citizens should be without means of support.” ShouldFirstsBelieveKindMeanPersonsSaidUseWisdomPoliticsSpeakCommonSupportEconomyLandCitizensAgreePropertyLiberalismFriendlyDivisionArrangements Author:Aristotle
“I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyMankindEqualConsciousConsequencePropertyMiseryEnormousInequalityLiberalismDevicesDivisionLegislators Book:The Essential Jefferson Source: The Essential Jefferson
“With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence.” HumansLittlesReasonWisdomAgeLawFoundPoliticsViewsCommonExistenceOpinionPrinciplesPracticeEconomyStudyMankindHuman NatureOppositesFoundationPropertyCarefulLiberalismAffectedDivisionConformityOwnershipTranquilityLaws Of NatureHuman ExistencePeace And Tranquility Author:Pope Leo XIII
“Faced with such insecurity, labor unions seek a solution in demands for higher wages, shorter hours, pensions, and such things. But this approach takes monopolistic capitalism for granted, and accepts the unnatural division between property and responsibility as permanent. A much more radical solution is apt to come, and this may take either of two forms.” MayTwoWisdomFormPoliticsHoursResponsibilityAcceptingEconomyHigherDemandApproachSolutionsCapitalismLaborPropertyUnionsGrantedRadicalPermanentLiberalismInsecurityDivisionWagesUnnaturalPensionLabor Union Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence of market cooperation.” PeopleMeanEndsUseEconomyAchieveLaborEssenceDivisionCooperationMarket EconomySpecialization Author:Stephan Kinsella
“We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of preserving the balance of power on the side of liberty and public virtue is to make the acquisition of land easy to every member of society; to make a division of the land into small quantities, so that the multitude may be possessed of landed estates.” WayMayPoliticsEasySidesLibertyEconomyVirtueLandBalanceMembersPropertyLiberalismDivisionQuantityPossessedMultitudesEstatesAcquisitionAccompanyBalance Of Power Book:John Adams Speaking: Pound's Sources for the Adams Cantos Source: John Adams Speaking: Pound's Sources for the Adams Cantos
“Free markets. What does this system mean? The answer is simple: it is the market economy, it is the system in which the cooperation of individuals in the social division of labor is achieved by the market.” MeanDoeIndividualSocialSimpleAnswersEconomyLaborDivisionCooperationFree MarketMarket EconomyDivision Of LaborSocial Division Author:Ludwig von Mises