Ifs Quote by Saint Augustine

In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.

— Pete Seeger

“Communal ownership means that all benefit for a short time; private ownership means that few people benefit over the course of an extended period…

— Eric Robert Morse

When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.

— Anonymous

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).

— Malcolm Forbes

Everybody is owned by somebody.

— Rich Eisen

Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of…

— Hilaire Belloc

What we share with another ceases to be our own…

— Edgar Quinet

“Owning something is becoming less important than the right to access it.”

— Matt Mason

If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.

— Albert Schweitzer

Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they…

— Baltasar Gracian

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property,…

— Aristotle

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

— Russell Shorto