Quote by Potter Stewart
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. – Potter Stewart

Other quotes by Potter Stewart

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life. – Potter Stewart

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Medical
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The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion. – Potter Stewart

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History
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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. – Potter Stewart

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legal
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Other Quotes from
Property
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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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Property

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

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Property

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine were taken away. – Anaxagoras

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Property

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

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Property

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