Agree Quote by David Ricardo

We need not concern ourselves much about rights of property if we faithfully observe the rights of persons.

— Calvin Coolidge

“There is a real function for government in respect to pollution: to set conditions and, in particular, define property rights to make sure that…

— Milton Friedman

My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration is making…

— Betsy Hodges

The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient of being…

— James Russell Lowell

It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some…

— James Madison

“Property breeds lawyers, I said, forbearing to add a belief that unfortunately property now seemed the only thing palpable enough to demand the respect…

— Arthur Miller

In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights is an essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of…

— James Madison

I submit that the Government exists to provide for the needs of the people, and when it comes to choice between profits and property…

— J. S. Woodsworth

While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve…

— Solomon Ortiz

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other peoples' decisions for them?

— Tom Robbins

What right those who govern have to govern they don't question, they just govern. Whether the people have a right to depose them that…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As an element in human progress, the right of private property, in importance, has taken first and almost only place in the current systems…

— Joshua K. Ingalls