No man made the land. It is the original inheritance of the whole species. Its appropriation is wholly a question of general expediency. When private property in land is not expedient, it is unjust.

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy. John W. Parker, 1848.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy with Chapters on Socialism. 1848. Oxford UP, 2008.