"private property is the first principle and cornerstone of a free society"
The individual's right to private property is not the "first principle". The "first principle" is the individual's right to his own life and thus his own effort (of which property is but one example, contracts being another). In other words, the right of property …
"private property is the first principle and cornerstone of a free society"
The individual's right to private property is not the "first principle". The "first principle" is the individual's right to his own life and thus his own effort (of which property is but one example, contracts being another). In other words, the right of property is but a corollary of THE fundamental right of life. In other words, "private property" is the practice of the "first principle" of one's *monopolistic* ("exclusive" as the article puts it) right to one's life.
"private property is the first principle and cornerstone of a free society"
The individual's right to private property is not the "first principle". The "first principle" is the individual's right to his own life and thus his own effort (of which property is but one example, contracts being another). In other words, the right of property is but a corollary of THE fundamental right of life. In other words, "private property" is the practice of the "first principle" of one's *monopolistic* ("exclusive" as the article puts it) right to one's life.