An idea from Principles of Political Economy

“The laws and conditions of the Production of wealth partake of the character of physical truths. There is nothing optional or arbitrary in them. … It is not so with the Distribution of wealth. That is a matter of human institution solely.”

From Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

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