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“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is, in reality, instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“laws are always of use to those who possess and harmful to those who have nothing” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract” - 1762

“There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails.” Emma Goldman, “Anarchism and Other Essays” - 1910

“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“Wherever there is a great property, there is great inequality.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“In a certain sense the liberation of slaves is the destruction of property—property acquired by descent or by purchase, the same as any other property.” Abraham Lincoln, “State of the Union Address” - 1 December 1862

“It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.” Aristotle, “Politics”

“And when neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.” Arthur Schopenhauer, “Studies in Pessimism” - 1891

“Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.” Thomas Jefferson, “A Summary View of the Rights of British America” - 1774

“A concise mode of expressing the same meaning is, that inseparable accidents are properties which are universal to the species, but not necessary to it.” John Stuart Mill, “A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive” - 1843

“We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private property; free speech; equal justice;...” George W. Bush, “State of the Union Address” - 29 January 2002

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A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1)
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The Prince (1)
Anarchism and Other Essays (1)
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