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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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No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. – Charles Dudley Warner

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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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Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. – Collis P. Huntingdon

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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. – James Madison

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