As there is one point, or principle, on which all kinds of Socialists agree; so there is one point, or principle, on which all kinds of non-Socialists agree.
Amongst the non-Socialists there are Liberals and Tories, Catholics and Protestants, masters and workmen, rich and poor, lords and labourers, publicans and teetotalers; and these folks, as you know, differ in their ideas, and quarrel with and go against each other; but they are all non-Socialists, they are all against Socialism, and they all agree upon one point.
So, if we can find the one point on which all kinds of non-Socialists agree, we shall find the principle, or root idea, of non-Socialism.
Well, the "principle" of non-Socialism is just the opposite of the "principle" of Socialism. As the "principle" of Socialism is national ownership, so the "principle" of non-Socialism is private ownership. As the principle of Socialism is Britain for the British, so the principle of non-Socialism is Every Briton for Himself.
Again, as the principle of Socialism means two things, so does the principle of non-Socialism mean two things.
As the principle of Socialism means national ownership and co-operative national management, so the principle of non-Socialism means private ownership and private management.
Socialism says that Britain shall be owned and managed by the people for the people.
Non-Socialism says Britain shall be owned and managed by some persons for some persons.
Under Socialism you would have all the people working together for the good of all.
Under non-Socialism you have all the persons working separately (and mostly against each other), each for the good of himself.