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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.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
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?
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.