Property rights Quote by David Boaz

“From the point of view of our present rulers, therefore, the only genuine dangers are the splitting-off of a new group of able, under-employed,…

— George Orwell

“Because elites dominating extractive institutions fear creative destruction, they will resist it, and any growth that germinates under extractive institutions will be ultimately short…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural…

— Thomas Jefferson

“We, the over-class, have taken those basic human drives and advanced our own selves through their exploitation. We have monetized human consumption, manipulated morals…

— Guillermo del Toro

“When governments control everything, your perceived or glorified wealth is just an illusion. Attaining true generational wealth requires working rules of law, disaster-proof property…

— Olawale Daniel

... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in positions of…

— Susan Sontag

“But the lesson of those years is that the ruling class can't be relied upon to redistribute wealth and power.”

— Selina Todd

“If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society…

— Daniel Myerson

“Here then is an infallible criterion, by which the nation may judge of the intentions of those who govern it ... if they corrupt…

— Emer De Vattel

“Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“When there is greed within; a person shall fall into societal influence.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too…

— Mohsin Hamid