An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. – Herbert Spencer
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer
In science the important thing is to modify and change ones ideas as science advances. – Herbert Spencer
By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber. – Henry David Thoreau