Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are common. But it is to be tolerated as a concession to human frailty, not applauded as desirable in itself.


Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926) ch. 1, sect. 1

R. H. Tawney Quotes

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are...

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are...

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are...

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are...