Quote Genre: Property

Henry David Thoreau – ‘The highest law gives a thin…

‘The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.’

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William Shakespeare – ‘The robb?d that smiles steal…

‘The robb?d that smiles steals something from the thief.’

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Bertrand Russell – ‘It is preoccupation with pos…

‘It is preoccupation with possessions more that anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly.’

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Theodore Roosevelt – ‘Every man holds his property…

‘Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.’

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Sir James Matthew Barrie – ‘Them that has china plates t…

‘Them that has china plates themsels is the maist careful no to break the china plates of others.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘PROPERTY n. Any material thi…

‘PROPERTY n. Any material thing having no particular value that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others.’

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John Adams – ‘The moment the idea is admit…

‘The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God and there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it anarchy and tyranny commence.’

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Abraham Lincoln – ‘Property is the fruit of lab…

‘Property is the fruit of labor … property is desirable … is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not … Continue reading

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Douglas Jerrold – ‘Thought is the property of h…

‘Thought is the property of him who can entertain it and of him who can adequately place it.’

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Robert Green Ingersoll – ‘Few rich men own their own p…

‘Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.’

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