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

“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

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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