We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use of land represent an abuse of the concept of private property.... Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.

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Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

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Momentum continues to grow in Congress to pass legislation to protect homes, small businesses, and other private property against unreasonable government use of the power of eminent domain,

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There are only two states in the nation that allow for a government to take private property and turn it over to a private company. That is not 'Public Use.' The procedure has been abused for a long while; and many other states have attempted to do the same things - but, Missouri actually allows it. Missouri is one of the worst places for it.

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He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.

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In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.'

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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

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So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

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The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.

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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

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