--- title: "8 Proprietor Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Proprietor quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Proprietor sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/thomas-paine-267_community_every-proprietor-owes-to-the-community-a_189208.png" --- > [Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/every-proprietor-owes-to-the-community-a-ground-rent-for-the-land/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/thomas-paine-267_community_every-proprietor-owes-to-the-community-a_189208.png) > [The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-joseph-proudhon/the-proprietor-producing-neither-by-his-own-labor-nor-by-his/) [Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-joseph-proudhon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/pierre-joseph-proudhon-11634_labor_the-proprietor-producing-neither-by-his_334098.jpg) > [It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/it-seldom-happens-however-that-a-great-proprietor-is-a-great-improver/) [Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/adam-smith-1040_happens_it-seldom-happens-however-that-a-great-p_901497.jpg) > [The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elfriede-jelinek/the-first-thing-a-proprietor-learns-and-painfully-at-that-is-trust-is/) [Elfriede Jelinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elfriede-jelinek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/elfriede-jelinek-4485_fine_the-first-thing-a-proprietor-learns-and_1004398.jpg) > [“Perhaps this was the first instance of that quiet way of "speaking for" a place not yet occupied, or at least not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/perhaps-this-was-the-first-instance-of-that-quiet-way-of-speaking-for/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/henry-david-thoreau-20_america_perhaps-this-was-the-first-instance-of-t_1231807.jpg) > [What I have in my power, that is my own. So long as I assert myself as holder, I am the proprietor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-stirner/what-i-have-in-my-power-that-is-my-own-so-long-as-i-assert-myself-as/) [Max Stirner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-stirner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/max-stirner-6556_funny_what-i-have-in-my-power-that-is-my-own-s_1712187.jpg) > [“So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/so-my-first-impression-that-he-was-a-person-of-some-undefined/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_f-scott-fitzgerald_so-my-first-impression-that-he-was-a-per_2595224.jpg) > [The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/the-proprietor-of-stock-is-necessarily-a-citizen-of-the-world-and-is/) [Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/adam-smith-1040_citizens_the-proprietor-of-stock-is-necessarily-a_2828361.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/proprietor/#itemlist", "name": "Proprietor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which 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