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    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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Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is read more

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.

by Mary Brave Bird Found in: Land Quotes,
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The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
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The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
And plunged in thought again.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Countries 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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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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Lanscape shapes culture.

Lanscape shapes culture.

by Terry Tempest Williams Found in: Land Quotes,
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Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

by African Proverb Found in: Land Quotes,
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There are Batavian graces in all he says.

There are Batavian graces in all he says.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Countries Quotes,
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The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.

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Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor read more

Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e.
from the Netherlands-Batavia.)
[Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]

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