"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made."
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"If a man owns land, the land owns him."
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"Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water."
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"Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!"
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"As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for freedom."
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"Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground."
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"He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams."
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"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any"
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"In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season."
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"In order for a man to really understand himself he must be part of a nation; he must have some land of his own, a God of his own, a language of his own. Most of all he must have love and devotion for his own kind."
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"If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader."
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"And I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died, Who gave that right to me And I'll proudly stand up next to him to defend her still today, Cuz there aint no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA"
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"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."
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"The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor."
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"Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples."
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"The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but that they also recognize Israel's abstract right to exist, a concept that has no place in international law or diplomacy, and a right claimed by no one. In effect, the US and Israel are demanding that Palestinians . . . formally accept the legitimacy of their expulsion from their own land. They cannot be expected to accept that, just as Mexico does not grant the US the right to exist on half of Mexico's territory, gained by conquest."
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"To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself."
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"Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground."
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"I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things if you believe that you see firm land anywhere in the ocean of Becoming and Passing. You need names for things, just as if they had a rigid permanence, but the very river in which you bathe a second time is no longer the same one which you entered before"
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"There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage."
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