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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.
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.
I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.
I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.
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 . . .
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
All the territorial possessions of all the political
establishments in the earth--including America, of course--
consist of pilferings from read more
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.
Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from read more
Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smalles of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow's grass.
The map is not the territory.
The map is not the territory.