Private property Quote by Oscar Wilde

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

— Oscar Wilde

It has been the fashion to speak of the conflict between human rights and property rights, and from this it has come to be…

— Walter Lippmann

“It is worth noting that honoring private property rights protects not just the rich; it especially protects the poor.”

— Helen Raleigh

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

— Benjamin Franklin

“If human beings were to treat one another's personal property the way they treat the natural environment, we would view that behavior as anti-social…

— Patriarch Bartholomew

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

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not…

— William Blackstone

“Sentence every immoral thought for detention and prosecution. Immorality is a powerful gadget that brings down great monuments of success. Don’t entertain immorality.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.”

— Oscar Wilde

“You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingent one. When disparities become too…

— Mohsin Hamid

“For us the issue cannot be the alteration of private property but only its annihilation, not the smoothing over of class antagonisms but the…

— Karl Marx