Census Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“a basic component of individual rights is the right to own property.”

— Russell Shorto

A major part of living in a representative form of government is giving citizens the right to choose and be treated equally.

— Nina Turner

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

— Calvin Coolidge

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing…

— Tom G. Palmer

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

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

— James Madison

By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the…

— John C. Calhoun

“the greater the number of owners, the less the respect for common property. People are much more careful of their personal possessions than of…

— Aristotle

[T]he crucial question is not, as so many believe, whether property rights should be private or governmental, but rather whether the necessarily 'private' owners…

— Murray Rothbard

It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought…

— Pope Leo XIII

The continued existence of society depends upon private property.

— Ludwig von Mises