Degrees Quote by James Madison

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of…

— James Madison

A distinction of property results from that very protection which a free Government gives to unequal faculties of acquiring it.

— James Madison

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of…

— James Madison

It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights…

— William Paterson

PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion…

— Ambrose Bierce

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

[Property] embraces everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right.

— James Madison

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

— James Madison

In most countries, property law means that people can take possession of manuscripts and, in some circumstances, a lone copy of a printed text.…

— Michael Rosen

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

— Thomas Drummond

The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution.

— Blaise Pascal

Property is desirable as the ground work of moral independence, as a means of improving the faculties, and of doing good to others, and…

— James F. Cooper