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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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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the countrys cause. – Abraham Lincoln

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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. – Abraham Lincoln

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Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents… pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. – Abraham Lincoln

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

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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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