Property quotes

"These sons belong me, and this wealth belongs me," — with such thoughts the fool is tormented. He himself does not belong to himself; how much less sons and wealth? Max Muller
(also about
Foolishness)
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle
(also about
Privacy, Society)

Property quotes by Karl Marx

Also about
Communism, Marxism, Capitalism
The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few.
Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. Niccolo Machiavelli
(also about
Value, Men)
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. Woodrow Wilson
(also about
Humanity, America)
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them. Linus Torvalds
(also about
Software)
The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. Paulo Coelho
(also about
Ideas, Creativity)
We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them. Hayao Miyazaki
(also about
Law, Ideas, Rights, Movies)
The more you own, the more you know you don't own. Aristotle Onassis
(also about
Posession)

Property quotes by Pierre Joseph Proudhon

Also about
Communism, Marxism, Wealth, Posession, Liberty, Anarchism, Politics, Power, Society
Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak. The possessions of the rich are stolen property. Liberty is inviolable. I can neither sell nor alienate my liberty Either Property will overrule the Republic, or the Republic will overrule Property.
Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety? Thomas More
(also about
Society, Richness, Utopia)