Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated

You recognize but one rule of commerce; that is (to avail myself of your own terms) to allow free passage and freedom of action to all buyers and sellers whoever they may be.

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

This constitution is full of land mines that would explode on Iraqis. This constitution will divide the country.

If you own the land, you have a long-term investment with more security that the timber will be there over the years. If you let it go and it goes to other uses, you'll never get it back.

Such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.