“We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands.” FeelsHumansWarHandsHumanityNaturalLossEnvironmentResourcesPropertyDestroyedDestructiveNatural ResourcesUneasyHuman Hands Author:Nong ?uc Manh
“Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.” PeopleMenHeartMeanDoeLightLawValuesLossGreaterSecurityPropertyPunishmentInsecureCapital Punishment Author:Elizabeth Fry
“Of the 2,000,000 Armenians in Turkey in 1914, one million have been slaughtered, and the survivors only 130,000 remain in Turkey and the rest are refugees and exiles. Armenian property losses are valued at over 5,000,000,000 dollars are more than three fourths of the estimated wealth of the Armenian race.” Has BeensThreeWealthLossRaceMillionsDollarsPropertySurvivorGenocideRefugeeExileTurkeysArmeniansArmenian Genocide Author:Herbert Adams Gibbons
“Justification, in terms of the broadening of freedom, for any particular form of institution of property must be argued in terms of whether the losses caused by the restrictions imposed are greater or less than the gains derived from the elimination of costly conflict.” FormTermLossGreaterParticularConflictGainsInstitutionsPropertyJustificationRestrictionElimination Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“When you talk about "infertility" you're already using a land-based metaphor - a woman's body compared to property, to be considered fruitful or barren. And "estate" encompasses both legacy and landscape. Think of Emerson, referring to his son's death as "the loss of a beautiful estate."” ThinkingBodyBeautifulLossLandSonPropertyMetaphorLandscapeLegacyEstatesBarrenReferringWomen's BodiesInfertility Author:Monica Youn