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Quote from Justice Potter Stewart,


"The dichotomy between personal liberties
and property rights is a false one.
Property does not have rights. People have rights... .
In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists
between the personal right to liberty
and the personal right in property."


By:

Justice Potter Stewart (more quotes by Justice Potter Stewart or books by/about Justice Potter Stewart)


(1915-1985) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Source:

Lynch v. Household Finance Corp., 1972

Categories:

Freedom, Individual Rights, Liberty, Property, Responsibility

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