...moment that the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the Laws of God and there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. Property must be sacred or liberty cannot exist. Again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to...

...liberty," wrote Adams, and even those on the opposite end of the political spectrum generally agreed. "... The moment the idea is admitted into society that...public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence."62 For servants and slaves, wives and children, apprentices and tenants, who together made...

...appropriate another's property for his own ends. Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it...

...of sentiments spoken in the eighteenth century by one of the nation's founding fathers, John Adams: "the moment the idea is admitted into society that...justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. Property must be sacred or liberty cannot exist." The Connecticut Diner Owners For over a half-century...

...of the First Amendment because there is no reference to God in them. He quoted John Adams, who said, "The moment the idea is admitted into society that...not as sacred as the laws of God and that there is no force of law in public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If 'thou shall not covet'...

...purchase. There are plenty of other opportunities around. CHAPTER Foreclosures, IRS Sales, and Tax Sales The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God . . . anarchy and tyranny commence. John Adams In foreclosures, IRS sales, and tax sales there is generally...

...fiery set of words (1851 [1790]: 280), noted that 'property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. The moment the idea is admitted into society that...justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.' According to this perspective, one came to own land through using it, and freely constituted governments...

...debauchery, sell and spend all their share, and then demand a new division of those who purchased from them. The moment the idea is admitted into society, that..."Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it...

...in his person and property and in their management."— Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. "The moment the idea is admitted into society that...justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." — John Adams "As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a...

...concurred. Adams, in a fiery set of words, noted that "property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. The moment the idea is admitted into society that...public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence."3 According to this perspective, rights to landownership accrued through use, and freely...