Property Quotes
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character.
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The value of land must, in the future, be assessed on its yield of potable water. Those property-owners with a constant source of pure water already have an economically-valuable "product" from their land, and need look no further for a source of income.
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What cannot be done is to turn this valuable maritime space over to developers who envision hotels, condos and shops on the property.
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Table salt hardens here. Books mildew. Diaries flip open. Private Property: Please Turn Around.
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Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.
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It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need.
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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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I was always told that Hoosier came from when settlers in the state, when a stranger came on their property they'd say, "Who's there? Who's there?" So people that were from Indiana were the people that said "Who's there?" But what do I know? I don't read or interact with people outside the Internet.
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Every man's disease is his personal property.
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People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.
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The welfare state is an enemy of private property. The excessive taxation used to support the welfare state is extremely dangerous.
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I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.
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There was no private property in the past. Everything was communal property. In the Indian community where I was born, everything belonged to the community. This way of life is more equitable.
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To be mulcted of our money and mutilated of our property is serious enough: to be deprived of our colon would be intolerable.
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From the business point of view—not to overstate it—intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.
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Things work once you have property, trade and contract in place.
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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.
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I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.
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We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.
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The property boom has made us all feel wealthy, but unfortunately it has lulled many of those nearing retirement into a false sense of security.
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Entry is not equivalent to possession.
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Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't simply sit back and collect rent.
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Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.
