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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

Quote by Lord Acton about moral, consequences, morality, wealth, society, man, rightness

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Quote by John Adams about liberty, rightness, real estate

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something....

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about pleasure

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy, man

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.

Quote by Aristotel about common sense, affair, use, man

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

Quote by Bill Gates about life

Get my money from the church, sell all my property, get...

Get my money from the church, sell all my property, get the money for Indiana, and sell the condominium.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about commerce, money

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war, law, order, use, world

I do not know one person in the National Front who...

I do not know one person in the National Front who committed even the most minor hostile act against a Jewish person or Jewish property.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about man, people

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and...

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

Quote by William Penn about justice

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is...

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel about anger, thinking, idea

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