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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue.
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.
In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.
Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.
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.
He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.
