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Letter "P" » property
«The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority»
Author: George Bancroft
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
development, good authority, persons, property, public opinion, public property, rests
«The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property»
Author: Karl Marx
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
abolish, abolishes, abolishing, communism, private, private property, property, sentence, summed, theory of
«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.»
Author: Emma Goldman
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conduct, dominion, dominions, enslavement, entail, entailed, entailing, entails, horrors, human mind, property, represent, the Dominion
«The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Law and lawyers
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admitted, anarchy, commence, commenced, commences, force of law, Law and Justice, property, protect, public property, sacred, The Anarchy, tyranny
«Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.»
Author: John Adams
(President)
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property, property right, property rights, right to liberty, surely
«The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.»
«The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
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general, humanity, individuals, possession, property, the Earth, The General
«Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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desirable, fruit, labor, most desirable, positive, property
«So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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deprived, deprived of, deprives, majority, property, satisfied, so long
«The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Books
| Keywords:
at home, communicate, communicates, fetch, fetching, instruction, instruction book, In books, kindle, kindling, Neighbours, property
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