Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. ✨ Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). The trumpet of conscience, HarperCollins
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. ✨ Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). The trumpet of conscience, HarperCollins

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