"Every proprietor owes to the community a..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered.”

“The error of those who reason by precedents drawn from antiquity, respecting the rights of man, is that they do not go far enough into antiquity.”

“The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property.”

“Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of others, whereas causes for taking life are rarer and more quickly destroyed.”

“One philosopher has rightly said that property is theft. But I'd like to use my future ownership of property to give something back.”

“The trouble with land is that they're not making it anymore.”

“Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.”

“The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.”

“The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.”