We do not ask why the earth has been appropriated to a greater extent than the sea and the air; we want to know by what right man has appropriated wealth WHICH HE DID NOT CREATE, AND WHICH NATURE GAVE TO HIM GRATUITOUSLY.
Say, then, did not solve the question which he asked.

But if he had solved it, if the explanation which he has given us were as satisfactory as it is illogical, we should know no better than before who has a right to exact payment for the use of the soil, of this wealth which is not man's handiwork.

Who is entitled to the rent of the land?
The producer of the land, without doubt.

Who made the land?
God.

Then, proprietor, retire! But the creator of the land does not sell it: he gives it; and, in giving it, he is no respecter of persons.