Quotation
Quote by John C. Malone
I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn’t get trashed.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker favors private ownership of land over public ownership. The reason given is practical: people who own land may care for it more closely, while publicly owned land may be more likely to be neglected or damaged. This is presented as a general preference, not an absolute rule about every property or owner.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Forbes
- Format
- Official Statement
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“Podstawą materialną narodu jest ziemia, przemysł i handel. Kto ziemię, przemysł i handel oddaje w ręce cudzoziemców, ten sprzedaje narodowość swoją, ten zdradza swój naród.”
“I was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s notion of holding one’s wealth in trusteeship, to be used for the betterment of society and not as if one owned it.”
“I have always been a proponent of privatisation and believe all state-owned enterprises should be privatised.”
“We only want the earth.”
“About an hour this side of Albany is the center of the World – I own it.”
Read quote“Это был наш континент, на котором мы жили, и все, что было на нашем континенте, было нашим достоянием.”
“Pregunte cuánto cuesta tirarlo al mar, y le enviaré telegráficamente su importe. Yo a los colonos debo pagarles lo que les ha costado cosecharlo.”
“The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.”
“I want the impact of the landscape on the soul.”
“The patent system plays an essential role for the innovator in preventing others pirating his ideas before he has had time to perfect them.”
Spokes in the Evening
Mara knew how to make a bicycle obey. She did not yet know how to help a stranger trust their own hands.
Read Story