"He who is permitted by law to have no property of his
own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but
force." -Thomas Jefferson, letter
to Bancroft, January 26, 1788.
"Government is instituted to protect property of every
sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that
which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that
alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his
own." -James Madison, Essay on
Property, March 29, 1792.
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that
property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of
law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If 'Thou
shalt not covet" and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not commandments of
Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be
civilized or made free." -John
Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United
States of America, 1787.
“The pillars of our prosperity are the most thriving when
left most free to individual enterprise.” --Thomas Jefferson
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