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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

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Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – John Adams

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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. – G.K. Chesterton

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The more we have the less we own. – Meister Eckhart

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“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

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I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, “Get the hell off my property.” – Joan Rivers

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