Quote by Andrew Carnegie
Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends - the

Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends – the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions. – Andrew Carnegie

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There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. – Andrew Carnegie

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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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It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell – “voluntarilysellhimself every day and hour to the “beast of property.” – Johann Most, The Beast of Property

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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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It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. – Bertrand Russell, Principles of Social Reconstruction, 1917

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