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The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
Drawn from what Mary Wollstonecraft said
What Mary Wollstonecraft actually said
- Mary Wollstonecraft English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797)
The only security of property that nature authorizes and reason sanctions is, the right a man has to enjoy the acquisitions which his talents and industry have acquired; and to bequeath them to whom he chooses.
Where this was said
↗A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790)en.wikisource.org
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