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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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Property is organized robbery. – George Bernard Shaw

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Few rich men own their property; the property owns them. – Robert Ingersoll, speech, New York, 29 October 1896

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

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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. – Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

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