It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The widespread distribution of private property ownership is the cornerstone of American liberty. Without it, neither our free enterprise system nor our… — Jeffrey H Reiman Copy Share Image
In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
What I've done for the last ten years is develop high profile entertainment properties for animation, so it's kind of funny to… — Eric Wight Copy Share Image
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go… — Scott McNealy Copy Share Image
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer.… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields in World War I. Sodium is a corrosive metal which burns upon… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Considerable obstacles generally present themselves to the beginner, in studying the elements of Solid Geometry, from the practice which has hitherto uniformly… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
Security can be found in renunciation of ownership over people, money, and real assets; to gain, keep or protect that which others… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
“Easements A landlord may grant another party the right to access or transit its property in certain limited circumstances. These rights are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The trace left behind is substituted for the practice. It exhibits the (voracious) property that the geographical system has of being able… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use… — Jason Lee Copy Share Image
When I'm travelling, I don't like hotels that much because the spaces they have are really small. So, I look for a… — Milind Soman Copy Share Image
Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Could there be anything resembling a free enterprise economy, if wealth and property were concentrated in the hands of a few, while… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Obviously we're celebrating a 36-year legacy on ABC and the end of an era, but we're also celebrating the start of a… — George Bodenheimer Copy Share Image
Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Liberty, then, is the sovereignty of the individual, and never shall man know liberty until each and every individual is acknowledged to… — Josiah Warren Copy Share Image
People set newspapers on fire; they use them for wrapping fish. The Internet does not have that property. What I don't think… — Ezra Klein Copy Share Image
The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your… — Socrates Copy Share Image
One would be hard put to find a set of whole numbers with a more fascinating history and more elegant properties surrounded… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Politics and the affairs of State are dissociated from the orbit of the individual, and in so far as they cannot be… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Pray, for what do we move ever but to get rid of our furniture, our exuviæ; at last to go from this… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
