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Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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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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If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I? – Erich Fromm

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

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