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

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

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