#private property

In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#economic #even #good #journal #oppose

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#become #creates #decision #definition #domain

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#fundamental #fundamental right #private #private property #property

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ↗

— Adam Smith

#become #country #demand #even #land

The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#concerned #duty #family #future #hard

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. ↗

— William Blackstone

#community #even #general #general good #good

Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution of private property and the right to investment profit. ↗

— John L. Lewis

#communism #employment #fully #institution #investment

I believe the National Park Service has demonstrated strong partnerships geared towards respecting the private property of citizens in its administering of the current Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and will continue to do so upon the addition of the routes. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#administering #believe #citizens #continue #current

Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#economy #ideology #killing #lenin #marxist

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#freedom #main #original #private #private property