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> [When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice... If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/when-incentive-to-acquire-and-obtain-property-is-gone-people-no/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

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## More by Ibn Khaldun

> [All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/all-the-sciences-came-to-exist-in-arabic-the-systematic-works-on-them/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/if-the-soul-is-impartial-in-receiving-information-it-devotes-to-that/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/when-incentive-to-acquire-and-obtain-property-is-gone-people-no/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [ Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because \[Negroes\] have little \[that is essentially\] human and have attributes that are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/therefore-the-negro-nation-are-as-a-rule-submissive-to-slavery/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/man-is-essentially-ignorant-and-becomes-learned-through-acquiring/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [ Beyond \[known peoples of black West Africa\] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense. There are only humans who are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/beyond-known-peoples-of-black-west-africa-to-the-south-there-is-no/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/sedentary-culture-is-the-goal-of-civilization-it-means-the-end-of-its/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Habits are qualities of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/habits-are-qualities-of-the-soul/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [People are largely ignorant of the interests of the human species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/people-are-largely-ignorant-of-the-interests-of-the-human-species/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [The easiest method of acquiring the habit of scholarship is through acquiring the ability to express oneself clearly in discussing and disputing scholarly problems.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/the-easiest-method-of-acquiring-the-habit-of-scholarship-is-through/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Islam is under obligation to gain power over all nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/islam-is-under-obligation-to-gain-power-over-all-nations/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/the-term-of-life-of-a-dynasty-does-not-normally-exceed-three/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [The Berbers belong to a powerful, formidable, and numerous people; a true people like so many others, the world has seen - like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/the-berbers-belong-to-a-powerful-formidable-and-numerous-people-a/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/throughout-history-many-nations-have-suffered-a-physical-defeat-but/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

> [Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-khaldun/businesses-owned-by-responsible-and-organized-merchants-shall/)

[Ibn Khaldun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-khaldun/)

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