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“This means also that the state is not the source of property, and if the state says, “Thou shalt not steal,” rather than God, the state says, in effect, “We are the ones who lay down the laws of property, because all property comes from our fiat will.” In the Lockian tradition of John Locke, property is the creation of the state, or the state was a social compact which was established to ensure the private ownership of property.”

— R. J. Rushdoony