Franklin on Property
Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing, its contributors therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the Distinctions of Honor and Power, but as the Return of an Obligation previously received, or as payment for a just Debt. -- Benjamin Franklin


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Quite right too. We, as a society, allow people to occupy the land of our country under sufferance and with the understanding that at any time, wider society may need to use the land for any purpose.
Otherwise, precisely why do we fight wars, if not to protect those who own land?