Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rig

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln

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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure. – Abraham Lincoln

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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? – Natalie Clifford Barney

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I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, “Get the hell off my property.” – Joan Rivers

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The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. – Potter Stewart

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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead. – Ralph Ellison

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