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Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. – Maria Edgeworth

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There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. – Maria Edgeworth

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So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. – William Blackstone

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If a man owns land, the land owns him. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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