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.

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.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

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

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

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.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

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.

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?