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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 believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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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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War
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Abraham Lincoln
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Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Property is organized robbery. – George Bernard Shaw

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Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. – Bill Gates

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Property

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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass

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