Doe Quote by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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

— Benjamin Franklin

No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by…

— Edna Ferber

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are rules and regulations, and we live in a country where the Constitution gives us rights and at the same time there are…

— Balachandra Menon

“We've come to understand that all land not explicitly designated for public use is privately owned, regardless of whether it's put to use or…

— Martin Adams

I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a…

— Don Young

“Land ownership is an entry monopoly: Land is naturally scarce for each location since its supply can't be increased... When people buy a piece…

— Martin Adams

Property in land is as indefensible as property in man.

— Henry George

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

— John C. Malone

The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me…

— Chief Joseph

Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.

— Pope Leo XIII