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“Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.”

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Author:Aristotle

“Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation.”

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Book:A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

Source: A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

“The people of America are a people of property; almost every man is a freeholder.”

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Author:Thomas Paine

“We very much hope that as we get growth that we can reduce the burden of taxation, that we can reduce income tax and increase the amount of genuine free enterprise and business enterprise... This is going... toward the restoration of the personal responsibility, the independence, with every man a property owner, every man a capitalist.”

“I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.”

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Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

“Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.”

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Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.”

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Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson