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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.
I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work.
And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.
The right to privacy has both positive and negative connotations for those who consider themselves part of the natural law tradition.
There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack on the whole idea of people owning private property.