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“I feel quite unable to adopt the opinion that the moment goods pass into the possession of the consumer they cease altogether to have the attributes of capital.”

Feels Moments Opinion Possession Cease Consumers Goods Attributes

Book:The Theory of Political Economy

Source: The Theory of Political Economy

“Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruellest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.”

Doe Suffering Causes Opinion Opposites Possession Ownership Rapture

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.”

Opinion Genius Universal Possession Alternatives

Book:The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 9.

Source: The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 9.

“In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession.”

Littles House Opinion Library Possession Humble Precious Possessions

Author:John Bright

“When anaesthetics were invented they were thought to be wicked as being an attempt to thwart God's will. Insanity was thought to be due to diabolic possession, and it was believed that demons inhabiting a madman could be driven out by inflicting pain upon him, and so making them uncomfortable. In pursuit of this opinion, lunatics were treated for years on end with systematic and conscientious brutality.”

Years Ends Pain Opinion Possession Dues Driven Pursuit Gods Will Treated Insanity Uncomfortable Demon Wicked Brutality Madmen Systematic Inflicting Pain

Book:Bertrand Russell's Best

Source: Bertrand Russell's Best

“Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.”

Source: The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes