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To: freedomcrusader
"It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject, that no individual has, of natural right, a separate property in an acre of land, for instance. By an universal law, indeed, whatever, whether fixed or movable, belongs to all men equally and in common, is the property for the moment of him who occupies it, but when he relinquishes the occupation, the property goes with it. Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society." --Thomas Jefferson

15 posted on 08/04/2002 4:14:08 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Roscoe
Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society

Evidently not a popular viewpoint, but reality is often not popular.

46 posted on 08/05/2002 8:40:36 PM PDT by RightWhale
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