#private property

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. ↗

— Karl Marx

#communism #may #private #private property #property

In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#economic #even #good #journal #oppose

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#become #creates #decision #definition #domain

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#fundamental #fundamental right #private #private property #property

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ↗

— Adam Smith

#become #country #demand #even #land

Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#backed #court #development #economic #economic development

The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#concerned #duty #family #future #hard

Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#based #basic #been #build #center

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery. ↗

— Daniel De Leon

#civilization #despotism #each #economic #equal

Our private property must be sacrificed. ↗

— Dolley Madison

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