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“The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests”

James Madison

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People have different skills and abilities, and because of these differences, property rights exist. These differences also mean that people will always have different interests and cannot all want the same thing.

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Diversity Economic philosophy Faculties Individual differences Individualism Interests Political philosophy Property rights Uniformity
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