Politics Quote by Michael Kinsley

Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would be if…

— Michael Kinsley

The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just…

— Elton Gallegly

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

— Thomas Drummond

Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?

— James Otis

How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is your house…

— Jeremy Bentham

Property is the foundation of every right we have, including the right to be free. Every legal claim, after all, is a claim to…

— Roger Pilon

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 property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity.…

— Calvin Coolidge

Without the principle of private property there would be no reason for government, which is necessary solely for the purpose of keeping the disinherited…

— Ricardo Flores Magon

If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.

— Roy Moore

Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns…

— Jonah Goldberg

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested.…

— Edward Abbey