Barbara Castle Quotes

The fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to none.

What distinguishes a commons is that it is not private property, does not have a price, and is oriented towards 'use value' rather than 'exchange value.' It does not exist to generate profits.

I want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community.

The right to private property is inconceivable without responsibilities to the common good.

We need property dedicated to the general benefit in addition to that intended for private use.

Nature offers nothing that can be called this man's rather than another’s, but under nature everything belongs to all

The property of the estate owners doesn't belong to any particular detachment, but to the people as a whole. Let the people take what they want.

What if cities embraced a culture of sharing? I see a future of shared cities that bring us community and connection instead of isolation and separation.

Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.

In a shared fish, there are no bones.

The dream of socialists, the Maximum Programme, has always been to eliminate the private property, the family and the nation state. With the private property they have not succeeded, but they continue on the path of destruction of the family and the nation.

When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved.

Our real interest starts with our neighbors... the future is about regional economies.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful.

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

One of the market's virtues, and the reason it enables so much peaceful interaction and cooperation among such a great variety of peoples, is that it demands of its participants only that they observe a relatively few basic principles, among them honesty, the sanctity of contracts, and respect for private property.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff

Socialism annihilates family life, for instance. With the abolition of private property, marriage in its present form must disappear.

The right to private property is valid, but all private property is under a "social mortgage.

What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.

…mortals cannot cherish what is private without injury to the community…to the extent that we call anything our own it absorbs our affections and diverts them from the service of the common good.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.