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““It meant simply that the state could not, except in unusual circumstances, confiscate a citizen’s private property or tell him what to do with””

Yuval Noah Harari

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No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

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“A time of ongoing cultural revolution when the adversaries of Christianity have made plain their intent to use the state machinery to promote radical…

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

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When your cat rubs the side of its face along your leg, it's affectionately marking you with its scent, identifying you as its private…

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Liberalism makes this mistake in regard to private property and Marxism makes it in regard to socialized property... The Marxist illusion is partly derived…

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