“The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interest of every other class in the community.”— David Ricardo
“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
“Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.”— David Ricardo
“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
“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
“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
“They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away from them.”— Sitting Bull
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.”— Red Cloud
“The Great Spirit raised both the white man and the Indian. I think he raised the Indian first. He raised me in this land and it belongs to me.”— Red Cloud
“The problem is that we have treated the land as a resource and not as a source of life.”— Vine Deloria, Jr.
“Everything in U.S. history is about the land—who oversaw and cultivated it, fished its waters, maintained its wildlife; who invaded and stole it; how it became a commodity.”— Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz