Property Quotes by James Madison
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A heated debate over a rule that would forbid owning people highlights the tension between property and democracy. The quotes warn that endless corporate ownership can become an evil, while fair taxes are presented as the backbone of government. They also stress that protecting personal property is a core purpose of the state.
![“[Property] embraces everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/james-madison-373_embrace_property-embraces-everything-to-which-a_2469303.png)
![“The danger of silent accumulations & encroachments by Ecclesiastical Bodies have not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S. [...] Besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/james-madison-373_accumulation_the-danger-of-silent-accumulations-encro_796893.png)
![“[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/james-madison-373_civilized_t-he-most-common-and-durable-source-of-f_1932696.png)
