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

Other quotes by Leo Tolstoy

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. – Leo Tolstoy

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War
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. – Leo Tolstoy

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History
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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. – Leo Tolstoy

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

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As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Property

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Property

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. – G.K. Chesterton

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