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    When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.

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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.

by Harriet Martineau Found in: Land Quotes,
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You are the land. The land is you.

You are the land. The land is you.

by Merlin Found in: Inspirational Quotes, Land Quotes,
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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.

by Found in: Countries Quotes, Land Quotes,
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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.

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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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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.

by Maria Edgeworth Found in: Land Quotes,
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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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If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

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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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