Individual Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the…

— Ludwig von Mises

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

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

[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people…

— Tom Bethell

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

— e. e. cummings

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom

— Lord Acton

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

— Benjamin Franklin

As an element in human progress, the right of private property, in importance, has taken first and almost only place in the current systems…

— Joshua K. Ingalls

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

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

What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those…

— Friedrich August von Hayek