It depends exclusively upon the giver, and the receiver cannot be said to have any right to it.

Without a doubt, morality and religion make it a duty for men, especially the rich, to deprive themselves voluntarily of that which they possess, in favor of their less fortunate brethren.

But this is an entirely moral obligation.

If it were to be asserted on principle, admitted in practice, or sanctioned by law, that every man has a right to the property of another, the gift would have no merit, charity and gratitude would be no longer virtues.
Besides, such a doctrine would suddenly and universally arrest labor and production, as severe cold congeals water and suspends animation, for who would work if there was no longer to be any connection between labor and the satisfying of our wants?
Political economy has not treated of gifts.

It has hence been concluded that it disowns them, and that it is therefore a science devoid of heart.