Because when every human being, who labors at all, has, as nearly as possible, all the fruits of his labor, and all the capital that is necessary to make his labor most effective, he has all needed inducements to the best use of both his brains and his muscles, his head and his hands.
He argues that when laborers receive the full benefits of their work, they are motivated to maximize their productivity and creativity.
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It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.
And yet these reasons, which are really no reasons at all, are the only ones, so far as I know, that have ever been offered for this absurd and brutal doctrine.
And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.
There is no more absurdity in giving a jury a veto upon the laws, than there is in giving a veto to each of these other tribunals.