quotes tagged with 'property' 
But we know God hath not left one Man so to the Mercy of another, that he may starve him is he please: God the Lord and Father of all, has given no one of his Children such a Property, in his perculiar Portion of hte things of this World, but that he has given his needy Brother a Right to the Surplusage of his Goods; so that it cannot justly be denyed him, when his pressing Wants call for it. And therefore no Man could ever have a just Power over the Life of another, by Right of property in Land or Possessions; since 'twould always be a Sin in any Man of Estate, to let his Brother perish for want of affording him Relief out of his Plenty. As Justice gives every Man a Title to the produce of his honest Industry, and the fair Acquisitions of his Ancestors descended to him; so Charity gives evert Man a Title to so much out of another's Plenty, as will keep from from extream want, where he has no means to subsist otehrwise; and a Man can no more justly make use of another's necessity, to force him to become his Vassal, by with-holding that Relief, God requires him to afford to the wants of his Brother, than he that has more strength can seize upon a weaker, master him to his Obedience and with a Dagger at his Throat offer him Death or Slavery.
If there is any such thing as "intellectual property" or "intellectual territory", then it can only be rightly defended by intellectual battle, never by physical force.
Thus, today, brethren, we are in danger of actually surrendering our personal and property rights. This development, if it does occur in full form, will be a sad tragedy for our people. We must recognize that PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN LIBERTY.
Former United States Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland, from our own state, carefully stated it as follows:
"It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right TO property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual — the man — has three great rights, equally sacred from arbitrary interference; the RIGHT TO HIS LIFE, the RIGHT TO HIS LIBERTY, and the RIGHT TO HIS PROPERTY. The three rights are so bound together as to be essentially ONE right. To give a man his life, but deny him liberty, is to take from him all that makes life worth living. To give him liberty but take from him the property which is the fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still leave him a slave."
Author: David O. McKay, Source: Conf Rep. Oct. 1962, p. 6Saved by cboyack in constitution liberty government freedom slavery life individual right property 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]...if government can of its own volition create a right in one person which did not theretofore exist, it must needs have the power to impose a duty on another which theretofore did not exist. But it can enforce such a duty only by compelling the obligor to give up either his life, his liberty or his property, and this it cannot do without depriving him of his unalienable natural rights.
Author: H. Verlan Andersen, Source: http://inspiredconstitution.org/mbfs/chapter_3.htmlSaved by cboyack in liberty government freedom socialism life duty right force property 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.
Author: Frederic Bastiat, Source: The Law, p. 21Saved by cboyack in liberty government freedom socialism law crime property plunder robbery 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]Each of us has a natural right--from God--to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties?
If every person has the right to defend -- even by force -- his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly. Thus the principle of collective right -- its reason for existing, its lawfulness -- is based on individual right. And the common force that protects this collective right cannot logically have any other purpose or any other mission than that for which it acts as a substitute.
Author: Frederic Bastiat, Source: The Law, p. 6Saved by cboyack in defense liberty government life individual force property collective 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
Author: Frederic Bastiat, Source: The Law, p. 6Saved by cboyack in liberty government life law property 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]Work less, wear less, eat less, and we shall be a great deal wiser, healthier, and wealthier people
Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses 12:122Saved by Doc in wealth wisdom materialism health property 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]One man has his eye on a gold mine, . . . another for selling his cattle, . . . another to get a farm, or building here and there, and trading and trafficking with each other, just like Babylon. . . . Babylon is here, and we are following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of the earth, who are in a perfect sea of confusion. Do you know this? You ought to, for there are none of you but what see it daily
Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses 8:125Saved by Doc in materialism property confusion stewardship babylon conservationism 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr, Source: Speech at Riverside Church in New York City (4 April 1967)Saved by Doc in revolution materialism brotherhood prejudice zion property mankind racism militarism 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Can't find a good quote on property? Try searching ScriptureTag!