“The party belongs to the millions of the rank and file. It does not belong to the handful of politicians who have assumed fraudulently to upset the will of the rank and file. The action of these men is in no sense "regular," as they claim it to be.... theft and dishonesty cannot give and never shall give a title to regularity.” MenGivingDoeActionPartyMillionsPoliticianClaimsTitlesUpsetHandfulFilesTheftDishonestyRegularity Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“One ideological claim is that private property is theft, that the natural product of the existence of property is evil, and that private ownership therefore should not exist... What those who feel this way don't realize is that property is a notion that has to do with control - that property is a system for the disposal of power. The absence of property almost always means the concentration of power in the state.” WayFeelsShouldMeanStatesEvilPoliticsRealizingNaturalExistenceEconomyProductsClaimsPropertyNotionAbsenceLiberalismConcentrationOwnershipTheftIdeologicalPrivate Property Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.” PeopleGovernmentIndividualForceWealthCitizensCreaturesClaimsPropertyCharityCreatorHarmDefenseMechanismExceedTheftReluctantServitudeInvoluntaryActs Of Charity Book:The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner Source: The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner
“It's the ultimate identity theft when you start messing with somebody's work. Thinking that you could edit the work, or mix it differently, or re-EQ it, or make claims about it that aren't true.” ThinkingIdentityUltimateClaimsTheftEditsIdentity Theft Author:Gail Zappa
“Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were organically part of them. That must be why we have so much trouble returning borrowed books. It's not exactly theft (of course not, we're not thieves, what are you implying?); it's simply a slippage in ownership or, better still, a transfer of substance. That which belonged to someone else becomes mine when I look at it. And if I like what I read, naturally I'll have difficulty giving it back.” IfsWayGivingLooksChildrenStillsBookFallCoursesTroubleMinesClaimsDifficultyLaysPossessionSubstanceThievesOwnershipTheftTransfersBorrowedImplying Author:Daniel Pennac
“To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity.” IdeasLyingEvilClaimsPropertySincerityAdulteryTheftRespectability Author:Simone Weil
“I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up.” IfsKnowsProveClaimsForbiddenTheft Author:Karel Capek