There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right.


Book II, ch. 1: Of Property in General. - Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769)

Avalon Project - Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England - Book the Second - Chapter the First : Of Property in General[avalon.law.yale.edu]

William Blackstone Quotes

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and...

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and...

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and...

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and...