"The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, "This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Property, Greed, Society, Conflict

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"Property is a nuisance."

Paul Erdos, Hungarian Mathematician

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"I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania."

Davy Jones, English Musician

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

Cliff Richard, English Musician

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"He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property."

Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

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"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

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

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

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"Property is organized robbery."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

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"I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

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"For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

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"Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves."

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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

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"Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is."

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"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

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"Property is a nuisance."

"I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania."

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

"He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property."

"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes."

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

"Property is organized robbery."

"There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors."

"I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked."

"For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby."

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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is."

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

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"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains."

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"Base souls have no faith in great individuals."

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