It has been observed, concerning the miracles of Jesus, that not one of them was creative, and that, whenever it was possible, He wrought by the use of material naturally provided.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
A revolution is always declarative and never creative.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
What he endeavours to show is that this increase of value cannot take place anywhere except in the process of production, that in that process it cannot come from the dead materials, but only from the living creative power of labour that works upon them, and that it is accordingly virtually stolen from the labourers who made it by the superior economic force of the owners of the dead materials, without which indeed it could not be made, but whose service is entitled to a much more limited reward.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
