Quotes About Property

I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.

To them Howards End was a house; they could not know that to her it had been a spirit, for which she sought a spiritual heir.

With the neutron bomb, which destroys life but not property, capitalism has found the weapon of its dreams.

That no man of what estate or condition, shall be put out of land or tenement, nor taken nor imprisoned, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without being brought in answer by due process of law.

The law locks up both man and womanWho steals the goose from off the common,But lets the greater felon looseWho steals the common from the goose.

The united voice of all His Majesty's free and loyal subjects in America—liberty and property, and no stamps.

Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

Thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

Is a stolen copyright a copywrong?

They also had to consider what to do with the defeated Republican opposition in Rome. There was one solution that would solve both problems: a proscription. A good deal of time on the island was spent haggling over names. More than 130 Senators (perhaps as many as 300) and an estimated 2,000 equites were marked down for execution and property confiscation.

And as for that house of his, you know he spent five million quid building it? How he got planning permission right on the edge of the sea, and his own private pillbox, is anyone's guess.

Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.

My biggest concern about the market is the force that acts to drive down price, because I think that's destructive to authors as well as publishers. Our biggest battle is to underline the value of intellectual property.

Don't sell your publishing.

Don't sign your publishing away.

The Haavara agreement allowed the escape of well-to-do German Jews in exchange for the liquidation of their property and the purchase and export of German goods to break the boycott of Germany's Nazi-controlled economy.

Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this.

I don't like London. I'm not happy here. I don't even own a flat here.

Krishna Raj is being made into 17-18 floors, and all the floors will be with Rishi's family; it's not for sale.

At 26 years old, I own a house in Florida.

If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty.

We don't know, ultimately, if we'll end up in San Francisco, but we're talking about keeping the house. It would be nice to always have a place here.

Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.

worst village in that part of the country. Mr. Mordaunt had told her a great many of his difficulties and discouragements, and she had found out a great deal by herself. The agents who had managed the property had always been chosen to please the Earl, and had cared nothing for the degradation and wretchedness of the poor tenants. Many things, therefore, had been neglected which should have been