Quote by Herbert Spencer
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fac

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. – Herbert Spencer

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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. – Herbert Spencer

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It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell – “voluntarilysellhimself every day and hour to the “beast of property.” – Johann Most, The Beast of Property

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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. – Walter Lippmann

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The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. – John Locke

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Property has its duties as well as its rights. – Thomas Drummond

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