• Man did not make the earth, and though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate as his property in perpetuity, any part of it.

    Thomas Paine: Man did not make the earth, and though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate as his property in perpetuity, any part of it.
    Thomas Paine (1995). “Collected Writings”, p.399, Library of America