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— Lyman Abbott"It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life."
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It has been the fashion to speak of the conflict between human rights and property rights, and from this it has come to be widely believed that the use of private property is tainted with evil and should not be espoused by rational and civilized men... the only dependable foundation of personal liberty is the personal economic security of private property. The Good Society.
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