Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are t

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. – Aristotle

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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. – Frederic Bastiat

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By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber. – Henry David Thoreau

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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. – William Penn

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If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. – Ludwig von Mises

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