“Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I entirely disclaim it; but I ask you to protect the rights and interests of labour generally in the first place, by allowing no free imports from countries which meet you with countervailing duties; and, in the second place, with respect to agricultural produce, to compensate the soil for the burdens from which other classes are free by an equivalent duty. This is my view of what is called "protection."” FirstsCountryAsksInterestCommunityViewsClassRightsProduceDutyProtectTaxesAdvantageBurdenProtectionSoilLabourAllowingImportsPlunderSecond Place Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“It is the duty of every citizen, for his own welfare, if for no other patriotic reason, to support and fight for and possibly initiate measures having to do with conservation of soil, water and forests.” IfsReasonFightingWaterSupportDutyCitizensForestsWelfareSoilPatrioticConservationInitiate Author:Louis Bromfield
“The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.” FeelsTechnologyGenerationsDutyClimateClimate ChangeSoilOur GenerationAdapting Author:Jason Mraz
“There are men charged with the duty of examining the construction of the plants, animals, and soils which are the instruments of the great orchestra. These men are called professors. Each selects one instrument and spends his life taking it apart and describing its strings and sounding boards. This process of dismemberment is called research. The place for dismemberment is called a university.” MenProcessAnimalDutyResearchInstrumentsPlantUniversityBoardsSoilStringsProfessorsConstructionOrchestraDescribingExamining Book:Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238) Source: Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)
“I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.” IfsMomentsHomeHandsMotherDifficultDutyKissingSoilSublimeHomelandEugenicsDifficult Moments Author:Pope John Paul II
“But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.” IfsMayHardHomeSacrificeDutySoilThreatenedBetrayedInvasion Author:King Albert II