Society needs first of all to be free from meddlers – that is, to be let alone.
William Graham Sumner Quotes
It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up.
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| Birth: | 30th October, 1840 |
| Death: | 12th April, 1910 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Academic, Anthropologist, Critic, Historian |
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