(4 quotes found)
“No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.”
Walter Williams
“Across the nation, cities and developers are fighting very hard to hold on to their power to confiscate other people's homes and businesses for private development. There is overwhelming public support for an end to eminent domain abuse. Legislatures need to make real changes, not cosmetic ones, to end eminent domain for private commercial development throughout the country.”
Dana Berliner
“It still is our plane, ... It's not a trophy for them to confiscate.”
Henry Hyde
“We are not looking at any laws that are going to confiscate guns,”
Carolyn McCarthy