Respect for Property Quotes

The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

I have never stolen. I am not a thief.

Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. But if unlimited or unbalanced power of disposing property, be put into the hands of those who have no property, France will find, as we have found, the lamb committed to the custody of the world. In such a case, all the pathetic exhortations and addresses of the national assembly to the people, to respect property, will be regarded no more than the warbles of the songsters of the forest.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.

If you intend to use our beautiful city to cause mayhem, disturb the peace, create fear and commit violence, you are not welcome here.

We will that every man above 12 years make oath that he will neither be a thief nor cognizant of theft

One of the market's virtues, and the reason it enables so much peaceful interaction and cooperation among such a great variety of peoples, is that it demands of its participants only that they observe a relatively few basic principles, among them honesty, the sanctity of contracts, and respect for private property.

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.

I hate seeing it; I hate watching it. More importantly, I hate people that don't understand the environment - how small Ferguson is, how it's really a sense of community, and, you know, it's a good place. We shouldn't have been looting and rioting, tearing up our own city.

I shouldn't steal in this world.

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.

I hate when someone drives my car and resets all the radio presets. I don't understand it. If I was ever driving someone's car, I would never touch the things that were set.

Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.

I don't steal things. I'm rich.

Clean up your own mess.

Never in my life did I steal a penny that didn't belong to me.

Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when you find what you are looking for, it is not clear then how to respond to it.

Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.

It is with the deepest mortification the general commanding finds it necessary to reiterate his orders for the preservation of the property of the inhabitants of the district occupied by the troops under his command. The troops must behave themselves with as much forbearance and propriety as if they were at their own homes.

You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

I hate graffiti. It's not yours - don't draw on it! Is it that hard to comprehend?

What is to be done with people who can't read a Sunday paper without messing it all up?... Show me a Sunday paper which has been left in a condition fit only for kite flying, and I will show you an antisocial and dangerous character who has left it that way.