Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
I want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community.
The vast majority of companies don't go public and mint dozens of millionaires. And most companies don't go around doling out stock options; private companies tend to be very tight about ownership.
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.
You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.
This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.
I think I finally have really taken ownership of myself and me as a gymnast.
It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.
Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.
I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions.
Fannie Mae has traditionally only bought and sold mortgages. But when a loan held by the company goes into foreclosure, Fannie Mae gains ownership of the underlying property until it is resold to new investors.
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex.
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
In confusing stock options with ownership, corporations confuse trappings with substance.