Animal Quote by Pope Leo XIII

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

— Pope Leo XIII

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

— John Locke

It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights…

— William Paterson

Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that…

— Ambrose

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his…

— Thomas Hobbes

It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed by those…

— Thomas Jefferson

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

— Anonymous

Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“We cordially believe in the rights of property. We think that normally and in the long run the rights of humanity, coincide with the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

For they have always unanimously maintained that nature, rather the Creator Himself, has given man the right of private ownership not only that individuals…

— Pope Pius XI

I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.

— David R. Brower

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

— James Madison