Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “That so small an area of land can produce so much wealth is nothing short of astonishing.”

Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is organized robbery.

Most socialists had hitherto said that in our present civilized societies we actually produce much more than is necessary for guaranteeing full well-being to all.

But suppose the workers owned all the railways.

But in all civilized countries the production, both agricultural and industrial, ought to and easily might be immensely increased so as to secure a reign of plenty for all.