Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? – Natalie Clifford Barney

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

“Whatever is not nailed down is mine.” This is the motto of the exploiter. “Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down.” This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future. – David Starr Jordan, 1910