“We desire to make the land less of a pleasure-ground for the rich and more of a treasure-house for the nation.”— Henry Campbell-Bannerman
“Faced with a choice between the integrity of the land of Israel and a peace treaty, we shall choose the integrity of the land of Israel.”— Menachem Begin
“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.”— Aldo Leopold
“The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interest of every other class in the community.”— David Ricardo
“The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.”— Aldo Leopold
“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.”— Aldo Leopold
“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.”— Adam Smith
“It is a strange affair, that we should be talking of peace, when we are every day hearing of your people encroaching upon our lands.”— Joseph Brant
“They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away from them.”— Sitting Bull
“The problem is that we have treated the land as a resource and not as a source of life.”— Vine Deloria, Jr.
“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
“Brother, we have been told that you have been talking to the people on the other side of the water, and have made a bargain with them for our lands.”— Joseph Brant
“We have proven that we do not have our eyes on anyone's land, and we have proven that we will not let anyone trample on our own land.”— Bulent Ecevit