Friedrich Engels explica:
“The whole British Empire, and
especially England, which sixty years ago, had as bad roads as Germany or
France then had, is now covered by a network of the finest roadways; and these,
too, like almost everything else in England, are the work of private enterprise,
the State having done very little in this direction… In England alone, there
are 2,200 miles of canals and 1,800 miles of navigable river… These
improvements, too, like the railroads and roadways, are nearly all the work of
private individuals and companies….” Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the
Working-Class in England in 1844 (Project Gutenberg e-book) p. 23-24 – first
edition in German 1845
