Taxation Under Every Form Presents But A

Rent Is The Portion Of The Earth, Which Is Paid To The Landlord For The User Of The Original And Indestructible Powers Of The Soil

The Interest Of The Landlord Is Always Opposed To The Interests Of Every Other Class In The Community.

It Appears To Me That One Great Cause Of Our Difference In Opinion On Subjects Which We Often Discuss Is That You Have Always In Mind The Immediate And Temporary Effects Of Particular Changes, Whereas I Put These Effects Quite Aside, And Fix My Whole Attention On The Long-term Effects That Will Result From Them.

Whenever, Then, The Usual And Ordinary Rate Of The Profits Of Agricultural Stock, And All The Outgoings Belonging To The Cultivation Of Land, Are Together Equal To The Value Of The Whole Produce, There Can Be No Rent.

After All The Fertile Land In The Immediate Neighbourhood Of The First Settlers Were Cultivated, If Capital And Population Increased, More Food Would Be Required, And It Could Only Be Procured From Land Not So Advantageously Situated.