Ownership Quote by Anonymous

The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Why nationalize industry when you can nationalize the people?

— Adolf Hitler

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

— Walter Lippmann

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

— Martin Van Buren

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesnt get trashed.

— John C. Malone

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

— John C. Malone

Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.

— Neil Abercrombie

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one…

— Nigel Lawson

Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth.

— Scott Bessent

Nationalisation...does not in itself engender greater equality, more jobs in the regions, higher investment or industrial democracy. The public knows this perfectly well, and…

— Anthony Crosland

My concern over private property is that it no longer fosters individuality. The historic destiny of private property is that it has created a…

— Murray Bookchin

I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence.

— Ha-Joon Chang