Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 Leonard Peikoff quotesLeonard Peikoff QuotesLeonard Peikoff Contrary to the Marxists, the Nazis did not advocate public ownership of the means of production. They did demand that the government oversee and run the nation’s economy. The issue of legal ownership, they explained, is secondary; what counts is the issue of control. Private citizens, therefore, may continue to hold titles to property—so long as the state reserves to itself the unqualified right to regulate the use of their property.~ Leonard Peikoff Contrary to the Marxists, the Nazis did not advocate public ownership of the means of production. They did demand that the government oversee and run the nation's economy. The issue of legal ownership, they explained, is secondary; what counts is the issue of control. Private citizens, therefore, may continue to hold titles to property -- so long as the state reserves to itself the unqualified right to regulate the use of their property.~ Leonard Peikoff Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print