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LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private read more
LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society . . .
My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.
My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.
Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor read more
Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]
The map is not the territory.
The map is not the territory.
Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is read more
Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take away our land and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies. We'd become just suntanned white men, the jetsam snd floatsam of your great melting pot.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the
earth. It's futile to gaze at read more
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the
earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.
When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.
When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; read more
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.