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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

— James Madison

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

— William Weld

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.

— Jim Ryun

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.

— Ayn Rand

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

— William Weld

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

— Potter Stewart

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.

— Gerrit Smith

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

— James Madison

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.

— Al Franken

✗Opposing Perspectives

We throw to the winds the old dogma that governments can give rights. Before governments were organized, no one denies that each individual possessed the right to protect his own life, liberty and property.

— Susan B. Anthony