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    All the territorial possessions of all the political
    establishments in the earth--including America, of course--
    consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe,
    howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies
    a foot of land that was not stolen.

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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 . . .

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Land Quotes,
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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.]

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America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The read more

America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.

by William S. Burroughs Found in: Land Quotes,
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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.

by Mary Brave Bird Found in: Land Quotes,
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I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

by Joan Didion Found in: Land Quotes,
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The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
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The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
And plunged in thought again.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Countries Quotes,
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If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

by Aldo Leopold Found in: Land Quotes,
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Lanscape shapes culture.

Lanscape shapes culture.

by Terry Tempest Williams Found in: Land Quotes,
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