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

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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. – Herbert Spencer

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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

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Dont buy the house, buy the neighborhood. – Proverb

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To be upset over what you dont have is to waste what you do have. – Ken Keyes Jr.

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I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. – Norman Brown

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I enjoy collecting quotations. When I find a choice one I pounce on it like a lepidopterist. My day is made. When I lose one because I did not copy it out at once I feel bereft. – R.I. Fitzhenry, preface to The David & Charles Book of Quotations, September 198

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Beggars should be abolished. It annoys one to give to them, and it annoys one not to give to them. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, “On the Pitying,” Thus Spake Zarathustra

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The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion. – Fred Allen

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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they dont recognize you. – Bennett Cerf

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