Property Quotes

1480 Property quotes by 948 unique authors

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every… — Abraham Lincoln
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ? — George Washington
Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity,… — Joseph Story
No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to… — Walter E. Williams
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
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the… — Joseph Story
Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to… — James Madison
A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species. — James Madison
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps,… — James Madison
Still less, let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our… — Thomas Jefferson
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent? — James Otis
It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons,… — James Madison
The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property. — William Blackstone
Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it… — Thomas Paine
There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the… — Mark Twain
The English language is nobody's special property. — Derek Walcott
By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression. — Sigmund Freud
Sometimes I feel a strange exhilaration up here which seems to come from something beyond the mere stimulus of flying. It is a feeling of… — Guy Murchie
Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either… — Joseph Story
Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of… — Samuel Johnson
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an… — Calvin Coolidge
Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the… — Thomas Jefferson
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle. — James Otis
Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be… — Alexander Hamilton

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