Quotes About Ownership

socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

Most people build as they live—as a matter of routine and senseless accident. But a few understand that building is a great symbol. We live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into physical reality, to state it in gesture and form. For the man who understands this, a house he owns is a statement of his life. If he doesn't build, when he has the means, it's because his life has not been what he wanted.

What I described last," said Francisco, "is any man who proclaims his right to a single penny of another man's effort.

He seemed casually at home, as if he felt that the place belonged to them, as they always felt wherever they went together.

Don't you know....don't you know that there are things, in the best of us, which no outside hand should dare touch? Things sacred because, and only because, one can say: 'This is mine'? Don't you know that we live only for ourselves, the best of us do, those who are worthy of it? Don't you know that there is something in us which must not be touched by any state, by any collective, by any number of the millions?

She felt no thrill of conquest; she felt herself owned more than ever, by a man who could say these things, know them to be true, and still remain controlled and controlling—as she wanted him to remain.

Most people build as they live—as a matter of routine and senseless accident. But a few understand that building is a great symbol. We live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into physical reality, to state it in gesture and form. For the man who understands this, a house he owns is a statement of his life. If

What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me?

It is forbidden, not to be happy. For, as it has been explained to us, men are free and the earth belongs to them; and all things on earth belong to all men; and the will of all men together is good for all; and so all men must be happy. Yet

They were not fighting over what to do, but over whom to blame.

They kept their secret from the knowledge of others, not as a shameful guilt, but as a thing that was immaculately theirs, beyond anyone's right of debate or appraisal.

One cannot hate the earth in their name. The earth is beautiful. And it is a background, but not theirs.

Yo he aprendido que una mentira constituye un acto de autoabdicación, porque al mentir rendimos la propia realidad a la persona a quien se miente, convirtiéndola en dueña de una. Y a partir de entonces nos condenamos a fingir la clase de realidad que aquella persona requiere para ser engañada.

What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it?

He led her to the bedroom, he took off her clothes, without a word, in the manner of an owner undressing a person whose consent is not required. He clasped the pendant on her shoulders. She stood naked, the stone between her breasts, like a sparkling drop of blood.

To deny property rights means to turn men into property owned by the state. Whoever claims the "right" to "redistribute" the wealth produced by others is claiming the "right" to treat human beings as chattel.

No buscan destruir mis logros, sino robarlos.

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. "I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others.

The man who produces while others dispose of his product, is a slave.

Si tienes éxito, algún fracasado será tu dueño; si fracasas, algún triunfador será tu siervo.

Thinking is something one doesn't borrow or pawn.

Sin derechos de propiedad ningún otro derecho es posible.

No tienes que depender de los bienes materiales, son ellos los que dependen de ti.

el castigo es producto de los propios errores