A Quote by Queen Elizabeth I on custom, nature, people, possessions, and privacy

The use of the sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession thereof.

Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
Source: To the Spanish Ambassador, 1580
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