Politics Quote by S.W. Southwick

“Some people are born to be public property.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

[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

“The public revenues are a portion that each subject gives of his property, in order to secure or enjoy the remainder.”

— Montesquieu

“I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I merely repeat the old joke. ‘It’s about respecting other people’s property. I make it my property so that I can properly respect it.”

— Hannu Rajaniemi

“Owning land is like owning the ocean, or the air. no one owns land.”

— Tamanend

You have to ask yourself, 'Who owns me? Do I own myself or am I just another piece of government property?'

— Neal Boortz

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

— Helen Raleigh

“Private property is redundant. "Public property" is an oxymoron. All legit property is private. If property isn't private it's stolen.”

— Gustave de Molinari

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Property is not the natural and obvious and inevitable concept that most people think it is.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

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

— Oscar Wilde