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Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries. -- Herman Gorter
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
By virtue of our private property society, we have disconnected individuals from the land. We have put them in high rises and asked them to live their lives in urban settings, disconnected from the land. -- Adam Dell
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. -- Ambrose Bierce
People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed to correct this decision and restore the principle of having limited government involvement. -- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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. -- Jim Ryun
As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on orange and fruit plantations, in houses built near water wells and pumping stations, on livestock and property and easy access to markets. -- Moshe Sharett
At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six inches of property that ran a hundred yards through my grandfather's land. It was really over the honor of my family and that of another family. -- Jack Bowman
Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State. -- Ambrose Burnside
Property in land is as indefensible as property in man. -- Henry George
I bought a cheap piece of land... It was on someone else's property. -- Steven Wright
The balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. -- John Adams
Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated. -- Francois Quesnay
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe. -- William Odom
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe. -- William Odom
In America the government took the land from the Indians and then established laws protecting private property. -- Alvin Francis Poussaint
Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved. -- Vladimir Lenin
When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. -- William Graham Sumner
Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across the entire neighborhood. -- Mark Noble
A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen. -- Thomas Jefferson

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