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The Program is founded on a reaffirmation of peasant proprietorship.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the description which has been frequently given of the system of peasant proprietorship, it is shown how powerfully the industry of the laborer is stimulated by the feeling of property.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

The people were told in countless articles that peasant proprietorship had proved a failure everywhere.

From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by Barker, J. Ellis

The objection to peasant proprietorship is, that he who does the labour of a farm with his own hands, must usually be a poor and unskilful person.

From Political economy by Jevons, W. Stanley

Where the system of peasant proprietorship prevails most agricultural thrift is directed to the purchase and enlargement of farms.

From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole