One is a Slave When There Are No Property Rights

Without property rights, no other rights are possible.  Since man has to sustain life by his own effort, the man who has no right to the product of his effort has no means to sustain his life.  The man who produces, while others dispose of his product, is a slave.

Ayn Rand, “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,” cited by Gregg Jackson, Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies, p.79