They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it. — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
We don't believe it's possible to protect digital content. What's new is this amazingly efficient distribution system for stolen property called the… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
It should go without saying that even the most narrowly construed eminent-domain power would violate individual rights. Either a person owns his… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do with it, having no right to meddle… — Daniel Morgan Copy Share Image
With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
“When a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte died — but no Forsyte had as… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
The progress of the human race is effected by the operation of two forces which correspond in most respects to what in… — Joshua K. Ingalls Copy Share Image
“Given an area of law that legislators were happy to hand over to the affected industries and a technology that was both… — James Boyle Copy Share Image
The upshot is that most philosophers of biology now hold that biological properties supervene on physical properties (where supervenience is taken to… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
“I resist the urge to claim some of the pretty purple flowers for myself, though Gaewha tries the scissors and then clutches… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I judge property myself by its net earning power; that is the only rule I have been able to get.... This whole… — Jay Gould Copy Share Image
With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for a long time, and there was a danger that… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
Since it is necessary for specific ideas to have definite and consequently as far as possible selected terms, I have proposed to… — Jons Jacob Berzelius Copy Share Image
Property-owners are the most energetic flag-waggers and patriots in every country, but only so long as they enjoy their possessions: to safeguard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But an opinion that it is possible for the present generation to seize and use the property of future generations has produced… — John Taylor of Caroline Copy Share Image
