Property isn't theft: it's nothing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker dismisses property as meaningless, suggesting ownership lacks inherent value or moral weight.
- In plain terms
- Owning things does not make them matter.
- What can you take from it?
- Possessions do not define worth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you truly need?
- Is ownership necessary for security?
Another view
Property can have practical utility even without inherent value.
More from Fernando Pessoa
Humanitarianim is rude.
Permalink to quote #159 To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character -- all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it …
Permalink to quote #161 I'm a man for whom the outside world is an inner reality.
Permalink to quote #158
Related quotes
If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.
Jack ValentiJack Valenti quote #16 To the individual can belong only the products to be consumed, not the means of producing them. A man may own his clothes and his food, but not the sewing-mach…
Benjamin TuckerBenjamin Tucker quote #5 The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too. When there is private ownership of the means of production e…
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises quote #6