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    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.

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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.

by Ruth Almog Found in: Land Quotes,
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One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

by Unknown Found in: 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.

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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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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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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.

by Gladys Taber 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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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?

by Claude Brown 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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