God’s sovereignty includes ownership of all His creation. Melchizedek, in blessing Abram, said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth (Gen. 14:19; cf. v. 22). The Bible continues the relationship between sovereignty and ownership by declaring to Israel that all the earth is His (Ex. 19:5). God demands obedience from [...]
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“Mr. Marinov, can I share a few things with you that I have observed, in connection with something you said in your speech?” I was approached by this man right after my speech on the defense of property rights at the American Vision Super Conference. The man – I’ll call him “J.” for I don’t [...]
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"Property is related to propriety, and is an ethical institution. It is a feature of our civilization."
This is how a great Classical Liberal, Gottfried Dietze, starts his book, In Defense of Property. We can safely say that his book is the greatest treatise on the defense of private property written by a Classical Liberal. Dietze was a respected scholar of the Austrian School, a friend of Hayek, his book on the Federalist Papers was an astonishing success, and he was known for the “symmetry, precision, and profundity” of his writings.
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"Property is related to propriety, and is an ethical institution. It is a feature of our civilization."
This is how a great Classical Liberal, Gottfried Dietze, starts his book, In Defense of Property. We can safely say that his book is the greatest treatise on the defense of private property written by a Classical Liberal. Dietze was a respected scholar of the Austrian School, a friend of Hayek, his book on the Federalist Papers was an astonishing success, and he was known for the “symmetry, precision, and profundity” of his writings.
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Do you know how much land in the United States is owned by the Federal Government? It’s shocking: Nevada : 84.5% Alaska: 69.1% Utah: 57.4% Oregon: 53.1% Idaho: 50.2% Arizona: 48.1% California: 45.3% Wyoming: 42.3% New Mexico: 41.8% Colorado: 36.6% Take at look at the map on the “Strange Maps” site. Post Reply | View Replies
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“Christian Socialism” developed in the mid- to late-1800s and promoted moderate forms of socialism at first. But even these proponents made the redistribution of property central to their pleas. For example, Edward H. Rogers, a carpenter, Methodist lay preacher, and member of the “Christian Labor Union” of Boston (1870s-80s), preached this way: “The church, he declared, ought to demand that wealth be managed for the common good of the people.… He asserted that the fulfillment of God’s will ‘on earth, as in heaven’ involved the equitable distribution of the products of labor.”
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A friend of mine in the radio business called me recently to ask what I think about the “performance tax” issue. If you are a regular listener to talk radio, you’ve probably heard ads decrying a plan to impose a “tax on radio.”
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Although some compromises were necessary to complete the framing of our Constitution – and to ensure that we had a constitution at all – our Constitution was not a mere bundle of pragmatic compromises. Our Constitution was designed: it was the product of a carefully crafted deliberative process in which history’s lessons concerning the effects of different forms of civil government for liberty and justice were carefully weighed and the proposed means of giving us the best form of republican government that the people of the various states would accept were both considered and reconsidered.
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Dear Congressman,
I am deeply disappointed in your vote to pass the "Economic Stimulus Package."The bill is more like Pandora’s box than a package. It is an ill-conceived conglomeration of bad ideas.
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