“The produce of the earth - all that is derived from its surface by the united application of labour, machinery, and capital, is divided among three classes of the community, namely, the proprietor of the land, the owner of the stock or capital necessary for its cultivation, and the labourers by whose industry it is cultivated.” EarthThreeCommunityUnitedClassLandProduceIndustrySurfaceLabourOwnersDividedApplicationMachineryCultivationLabourers Book:On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation Source: On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation
“By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour, Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys. The Fruits of a Man's honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.” ThinkingMenArtUseActionEnjoyNaturalHurtLibertyLordHonestHe ManIndustryFitMembersEternalPropertyFruitRewardsEqualityEvery ManLimitationTitlesLabourSoleEquity Author:Cato the Younger
“At any point in the world's history most architecture is going to be bad but I think there's been a collective mentality since the late Conservative years - the end of Thatcher/start of Major and certainly continued throughout New Labour and continuing now - that new is necessarily better, so there is this neophilia which isn't the vanguard of progress, it's just the vanguard of the construction industry enjoying itself.” ThinkingWorldYearsEndsEnjoyProgressIndustryLateMajorsConservativeArchitectureLabourCollectivesConstructionMentalityContinuingVanguardConstruction Industry Author:Jonathan Meades