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Property Quotes

Property breeds lawyers, I said, forbearing to add a belief that unfortunately property now seemed the only thing palpable enough to demand the respect of governments, and perhaps was the generating clout against encroachments on the spiritual protections for speech, assembly, and so on. It might turn out that without the right to possess we are not sure we really have the right to speak and to be. Arthur Miller
John Adams quote: "Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse..."
Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind. John Adams
Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing. Samuel Butler
Paul Erdos quote: "Property is a nuisance."
Property is a nuisance. Paul Erdos
Thomas Drummond quote: "Property has its duties as well as its rights."
Property has its duties as well as its rights. Thomas Drummond
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon quote: "Property is theft."
Property is theft. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising. Plautus
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. Woodrow Wilson
Robert Dale Owen quote: "Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be..."
Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens. Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen quote: "Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally..."
Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous. Robert Dale Owen
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Property is organized robbery."
Property is organized robbery. George Bernard Shaw
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. Martin Luther King jr.
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Roger Babson
John Adams quote: "Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty."
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. John Adams
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. Lord Acton

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