“All persons have a right to income from wealth we inherit or create together. That right derives from our equality of birth... It consists of assets created not by individuals or corporations but by nature or society as a whole... paying dividends from wealth we own together is a practical, market-based way to assure the survival of a large middle class.”

“Everyone should collectively own a portion of [a country's] wealth. This would be held in one big fund so we can invest it sensibly so that everyone benefits fairly from the returns… By owning wealth in common, the fund would act as a force for economic equality by distributing returns to capital more widely.”

“The value of land appreciates because of the work society does around it: the network effects of the companies operating around a piece of land, the public transportation that makes it accessible, and the nearby restaurants, coffeeshops, and access to nature that makes it desirable… it’s fair for that value to be shared with the larger society”

“Here is something you never hear when a company pays a dividend: 'What are the shareholders going to do with the money?' We are the owners and shareholders of this society… We need to take the bounty of the 21st century economy and return it to the people.”

“A citizen’s dividend allows the proceeds of co-created wealth to be shared with the larger community—whether that wealth comes from natural resources that are part of the common good or from a process, such as public investments in medicines or digital technologies, that has involved a collective effort.”

"Throughout history the commons have been a vital part of social income, providing a ‘right to subsistence’… We need to take back the commons, revive their principles of sharing, solidarity and universality, and ensure that commoners – ‘we, the people’ – are properly compensated for any loss.”

“The natural resources in the ground, that’s something we own in common… we believe in the market, we believe in competition, we believe in open economy. But we believe that the extra rent connected to natural resources shall be something which is in the common ownership of the people”

“Funding government programs by capturing the community-generated, unearned income that accrues to desirable finite assets increases economic efficiency, eliminates poverty and unemployment, halts sprawl, conserves resources and reduces pollution.”

“There are some things in this world, like land and natural resources, that ought to be considered our common heritage, and that those who own or control these common-heritage resources owe some compensation to the rest of us who are excluded from their use.”

“Most of the increase in the value of wealth is an increase in the value of land… A tax on the return to land, and even more so, on the capital gains from land, would reduce inequality and, by encouraging more investment into real capital, actually enhance growth.”