Civilization Quote by Ludwig von Mises

If history could prove and teach us anything, it would be the private ownership of the means of production as a necessary requisite of…

— Ludwig von Mises

The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization,…

— Ludwig von Mises

Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.

— Benjamin Franklin

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

— Walter Lippmann

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

— e. e. cummings

The continued existence of society depends upon private property.

— Ludwig von Mises

Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.

— Roger Scruton

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any…

— Daniel De Leon

Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even…

— Benjamin Franklin

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

— Anatoly Chubais

Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop…

— Pope Pius XII

There was no private property in the past. Everything was communal property. In the Indian community where I was born, everything belonged to the…

— Evo Morales