On the record
He profits by the action of others; in fact at the public expense, since in its last analysis it is the common public who are the basis of all advance in the value of property.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull asserts that property value increases are fundamentally based on the collective efforts of the public, not individual actions.
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