Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the read more

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

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.

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.

You are the land. The land is you.

You are the land. The land is you.

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.

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

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.