Quotes About Landholders

Early English roads were terrible. The Crown required landholders to maintain local roads at their own expense, one of three ancient obligations—to keep roads and bridges in repair, to build and maintain fortifications, and to serve in the militia—exacted to facilitate the kingdom's defense.30 Roads for ordinary communication and commerce were effectively orphans.

The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.