But, no; this radical antagonism, this natural opposition of interests, does not exist.

It is only an evil dream of perverted and intoxicated imaginations.

No; a plan so defective has not proceeded from the Divine Mind.

To affirm it, we must begin by denying the existence of God.

And see how, by means of social laws, and because men exchange amongst themselves their labors, and their productions, see what a harmonious tie attaches the classes, one to the other! There are the landowners; what is their interest?
That the soil be fertile, and the sun beneficent: and what is the result?
That corn abounds, that it falls in price, and the advantage turns to the profit of those who have had no patrimony.