We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive. Aldo Leopold
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. Aldo Leopold
It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense. Aldo Leopold
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The major fortunes in America have been made in land. John D Rockefeller
The small landholders are the most precious part of a state. Thomas Jefferson
It is a comfortable feeling to know tht you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only think that can’t fly away. Anthony Trollope
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land. Harriet Martineau
Buy land, they’re not making it anymore. Mark Twain
This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. Bob Dylan