Exercise Quote by Aristotle

The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of men anxious to exploit…

— Douglass North

“Nothing is more difficult than to equalize the action of the government in reference to the various and diversified interests of the community; and…

— John C. Calhoun

I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the…

— Jon Meacham

... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from…

— Thomas Jefferson

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of…

— Anonymous

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society…

— Andrew Jackson

“Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all are to…

— Isocrates

In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never…

— John Adams

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to…

— Aristotle

No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.

— Benjamin Franklin

Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive…

— Andrew Jackson