Quotes About Land

The land is all too shallow It is painted on the sky And trembles like the wind-shook rain When the Raven King passed by

Neither Italian fascism nor German National-"Socialism" has anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society. Primarily, this is because the private ownership of the factories and works, of the land, the banks, transport, etc., has remained intact, and, therefore, capitalism remains in full force in Germany and in Italy.

El suelo pobre produce al hombre rico, porque la pobreza del suelo estimula el trabajo del hombre al que más tarde debe este su riqueza.

Course I don't own the land," she said as if speaking to a simpleton, "no body own the land. The land own us.

The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.

My love for you forged a bond to this land long before I even knew it. You play no part in my oaths to these people...because I made mine to you long ago, in my heart.

Satisfaction isn't always happiness by a long sight. Then again, it isn't sorrow either. But the rocks and the spruces and the fogs of your own land are things that nourish you. You can always have them. No matter what else you find, or what else you lose.

He was trying not to grin, but it was exceedingly difficult with Lady Penwood gasping like a fish on land.

I don't like this romanticization of Indian people in which Indian people are looked at as spiritual saviors, as people who have always taken care of the land. We're human beings. But I think different cultures have developed different aspects of humanness.

Aboriginal art and culture draws from the land, for Aboriginality and the land are essential to each other and are inseparable.

We didn't create an institution to increase land value or asset value.

She brought fresh flowers in from the tumbling-down hill where her landlady threw handfuls of wildflower seeds each spring.

But you must be sure of what you want the land for. And as for your tenants, if they don't own the land, don't expect them to make sacrifices. It never works, you know. Besides, the transition shouldn't create dislocations. It isn't easy to shift from agriculture to industry.

Conquest by force is not sanctioned by God. The Americans have no right to be here. We will defeat them because we believe that this land they usurp is ours; God created it for us. The whole history of mankind has shown how faith endures while steel rusts. -Istak

His god is not bad. His god understands kindness, taking care of the old and the infirm. His god understands forgiveness. It is Yunega who does not follow the rules of living laid out by his god. Who does not forgive or offer respect to the land that his god said to place under the dominion and care of all people. Yunega thinks that he owns the land and can do what he pleases, when dominion means nothing of ownership.

depressions in the ground." "I'll mark

Land of extremes. Land of contrasts. Land of surprises. Land of contradictions.... That is Arizona.

Back to the land of freedom. Back to breaking the law with her sisters to make sure justice got served. God, just the thought had her tingling all over.

homens sao da terra, e nao do mar

Cousa é essa de que ninguem se deve de espantar, porque nunca tal vimos senão ficarem pela maior parto sepultados no mar os que muito labutão no mar, e por isso, amigos meus, o melhor e mais certo é fazer contn da terra, e trabalhar na terra, já que Deos foi servido de nos fazer de terra.

The United States had the Homestead Act of 1862, which enshrined small landholdings and laid the foundation for the world's most prosperous middle class.

Land distribution in Brazil is one of the most unfair in the world. One frequently cited statistic from the beginning of my presidency showed that 1 percent of the population controlled 45 percent of Brazil's arable land.

A machete, con los que trajeron del campo cuando llegaron huyendo dizque "de la violencia" y fundaron estas comunas sobre terrenos ajenos, robándoselos, como barrios piratas o de invasión. De "la violencia"... ¡Mentira! La violencia eran ellos. Ellos la trajeron, conlos machetes. De lo que venían huyendo era de sí mismos.

Era anche quello che dal Kuwait in un'intervista dichiarò che tutto il processo di pace che trattava di «land for peace», terra in cambio di pace, non era che un cavallo di Troia. La questione era ideologica, basilare: o noi o loro, Israele doveva sparire, e la trattativa sulla terra era il primo passo in una strategia fatta di stadi.