Own Property Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. — Theodor Adorno
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children… — Isabel Allende
Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who… — Friedrich August von Hayek
By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another, by force of… — Thomas Jefferson
I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in their own behalf,… — Thomas Paine
You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses… — Michelangelo
Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human beings by denying… — Gary Steiner
It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its… — Lucy Stone
So use your own property as not to injure that of another — Edward Coke
Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the… — Margaret Thatcher
More than one-third of Mexicans in the United States own property in Mexico, nearly 80 percent send money home and 25 percent have a spouse… — John Shadegg
What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own… — Friedrich August von Hayek
In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from others. Here is… — Ezra Taft Benson
I don't break the law* made for crooks, when I take away my own property - thus I am not obliged to conform to the… — Michel de Montaigne
Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what… — Eugene Delacroix
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have… — Bruce Sterling
I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream. — J. Michael Straczynski
It's unfortunate that we see a great many women settling. They think that simply because they have gotten the right to vote, own property and… — Frederick Lenz
People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped… — Henry Louis Gates

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