Pitt, William the Elder -- Speech on the Excise Bill, House of Commons (Mar 1763)

Dave — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:43:18 +0000

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!

William Pitt the Elder (1708-1778) British statesman, orator [Lord Chatham, 1st Earl of Chatham]
Speech on the Excise Bill, House of Commons (Mar 1763)
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Tawney, R. H. -- The Acquisitive Century, ch. 5 “The Functional Society” (1920)

Dave — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:09:57 +0000

It is not private ownership, but private ownership divorced from work, which is corrupting to the principle of industry; and the idea of some socialists that private property in land or capital is necessarily mischievous is a piece of scholastic pedantry as absurd as that of those conservatives who would invest all property with some kind of mysterious sanctity.

R. H. Tawney (1880-1962) English writer, economist, historian, social critic [Richard Henry Tawney]
The Acquisitive Century, ch. 5 “The Functional Society” (1920)
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Pitt, William the Elder -- Speech on the Excise Bill, House of Commons (Mar 1763)

Tawney, R. H. -- The Acquisitive Century, ch. 5 “The Functional Society” (1920)