Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that set of options which has economic value...It is the options, and not the physical things, which are the "property" - economically as well as legally...But because the public tends to think of property as tangible, physical things, this opens the way politically for government confiscation of property by forcibly taking away options while leaving the physical objects untouched.
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To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
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A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
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The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
