Art Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, principle or religion, would restrain…

— John Adams

The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society whose rules…

— Elizabeth Janeway

Capitalism is about the mutual creation of wealth rather than the pillaging of it.

— Ted Malloch

“Formal property’s contribution to mankind is not the protection of ownership; squatters, housing organizations, mafias, and even primitive tribes manage to protect their assets…

— Hernando de Soto

The idea that money brings power and independence is an illusion. What money usually brings is the need for more money - and there…

— Vivian Gornick

Forget land, buildings, or machines-the real source of wealth today is intelligence, applied intelligence. We talk glibly of "intellectual property" without taking on board…

— Charles Handy

You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Nonetheless, many people, and especially intellectuals, passionately loathe capitalism. As they see it, this ghastly mode of society’s economic organization has brought about nothing…

— Ludwig Von Mises

It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed by those…

— Thomas Jefferson

The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search…

— Arthur C. Clarke

The monopoly capitalists - even while employing purely empirical methods - weave around art a complicated web which converts it into a willing tool.…

— Che Guevara

If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give…

— Walter E. Williams