Quote by Leo Tolstoy
The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and

The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. – Leo Tolstoy

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There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. – Leo Tolstoy

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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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Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends – the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions. – Andrew Carnegie

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Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. – Maria Edgeworth

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Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power. – Joan Didion

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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. – Bono

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