Desire Quote by Hilaire Belloc

Property should be in a certain sense common, but, as a general rule, private; for, when every one has a distinct interest, men will…

— Aristotle

The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature.

— William James

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“One can fully own a manufactured thing—a toaster, say, or a pair of shoes. But in what reasonable sense can one fully "own" and…

— Carl Safina

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Property belongs to man and not man to property.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house…

— Germaine Greer

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when…

— R. H. Tawney

No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.

— Benjamin Franklin

Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.

— William Shakespeare

Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort,…

— Ayn Rand

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell…

— Clarence Darrow