Government Quote by John C. Calhoun

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

— William Weld

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

— James Madison

Government today, far from protecting property, is its main threat.

— Roger Pilon

The property of power is to protect.

— Blaise Pascal

When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy…

— Ron Paul

People are more important than property.

— Roy Cooper

The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal…

— Richard Allen Epstein

It would seem, then, to be the part of political wisdom to found government on property; and to establish such distribution of property, by…

— Daniel Webster

If my property cannot be secure, in case others over whom I have no kind of influence, may take it from me by taxes,…

— John Dickinson

The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property.

— Thomas Paine

Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated.

— Francois Quesnay

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

— William Weld