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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us. – Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. – Ludwig von Mises

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Individual possession is the great entering wedge, which has split society into eight hundred million fragments…. It virtually, practically, and theoretically denies the brotherhood of man. – Hiram Stafford, The Liberator, 8 September 1844

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By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression. – Sigmund Freud

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