Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?
Thomas Clarkson

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.
Charles Dudley Warner

No one can feel as the owner of the country and no one can feel excluded from the right of property. We must all suffer Colombia.
Alvaro Uribe Velez

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
John Jay

Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.
Lawrence Lessig

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.
Robert Dale Owen

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
William Weld

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

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
Malcolm Bradbury

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away.
Ernest Istook

Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.
Mike Fitzpatrick

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.
Henry David Thoreau

Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.
Cliff Richard

Our private property must be sacrificed.
Dolley Madison

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can take from you.
Henry Bonilla

People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed to correct this decision and restore the principle of having limited government involvement.
Cathy McMorris

People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property.
Michael Nesmith

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
Cathy McMorris

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.
e. e. cummings

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.
Anatoly Chubais