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Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. – Henry David Thoreau

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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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It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. – Bertrand Russell, Principles of Social Reconstruction, 1917

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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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