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Property Rights Quotes

We're taking on Social Security as a property rights issue. We figure that every single American has an absolute property right interest in the fruits of his or her own labor. What I work for should be my property. Malcolm Wallop
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. Potter Stewart
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. Thomas Sowell
Calvin Coolidge quote: "Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same..."
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing. Calvin Coolidge
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question. David Korten
Spider Robinson quote: "Sexual intercourse vests no property rights."
Sexual intercourse vests no property rights. Spider Robinson
We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. Martin Luther King jr.
If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them. Dan Glickman
The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum. Adrian Cronauer
William Odom quote: "The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is..."
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe. William Odom
But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights. Garrett Hardin
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. Jeffrey Sachs
The Industry's at war. I think it's about control. You can make all of the financial arguments that the industry has been shooting itself in the foot, but it is an industry built on a foundation of ownership and exploitation of intellectual property rights. Don Rose
Ernest Istook quote: "Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights;..."
Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. Ernest Istook
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

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