“All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.” PeopleEarthAmericaPoliticalCoursesNationsFeetLandIncludingPossessionEstablishmentTribesConquestInsignificantStolenTerritorial Book:Following the Equator: Source: Following the Equator:
“So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and political activities. Resistance and its arms are directed against the occupation while political activity is part of re-arranging the Palestinian home.” PeopleLongHomePoliticalLandArmsActivityResistanceOccupationPalestinianFactionsArranging Author:Khaled Mashal
“Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?” IfsWisdomPoliticalChurchJusticeLandKillingCorruptionHillsMarchJailMurdererPolitical PowerPillaging Author:Khalil Gibran
“It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.” HumansLittlesHomeWisdomGovernmentWould BePoliticalUsedPoliticsEconomyToo MuchEconomicLandTaughtDrivenLiberalismTragicDistrustSuspiciousFrailtyEconomic Power Author:Ndabaningi Sithole
“I think the only way that political system can be corrected is for the American people to see very vividly that it needs repair. If things are going to worse in the future, the American people, in every congressional district in the land, might demand that reforms take place in the political system.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsMightPoliticalLandDemandReformPolitical Systems Author:Jimmy Carter
“Every strategy for real social change - land reform, education, public health, the equitable distribution of natural resources ... - has been cleverly, cunningly, and consistently scuttled and rendered ineffectual by those castes and that class of people which has a stranglehold on the political process.” PeopleHas BeensRealPoliticalSocialProcessNaturalClassLandResourcesStrategyReformConsistentlySocial ChangeDistributionNatural ResourcesPublic HealthCastesEquitable Book:War Talk Source: War Talk
“America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land.” PeopleWorldSelfAmericaPoliticalUnited StatesEconomicLandCitizensLuckyAreasRegardDisasterArroganceIsolationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyPromised LandPushy Author:Alison Lurie
“Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.” PeopleEndsFormPoliticalDifferencesLandPromiseMadnessCrisisRemainsEndureTemptationGenocideUtopiaMulticulturalMulticultural SocietyPolitical Promises Author:Michael Ignatieff
“I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land.” HumorPoliticalHoursLandPrayingWorkersPermitLunchEmployersPolitical HumorTime Off Author:George W. Bush
“There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the - the precious part, so to speak - I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall environment.” PeopleWantHumorPoliticalSpeakEnvironmentLandMonumentSpoilPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out and help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to vote, and while they're at it, pull that old George W lever, if I'm the one, when I put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the Bible, that day when they swear us in, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not - to uphold the laws of the land.” IfsHeartHelpingHumorHandsLawPoliticalTurnsLandVoteConvincedSwearPolitical HumorLevers Author:George W. Bush
“That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws were made by Solon and others prohibiting an individual from possessing as much land as he pleased.” MadeGovernmentLawPoliticalIndividualInfluenceLandExerciseUnderstoodPropertyPossessingLegislators Book:Politics Source: Politics
“I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.” BeautifulPoliticalWonderfulLandCanadaBeautiful Land Author:Yann Martel
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“Before any final solution to American history can occur, a reconciliation must be effected between the spiritual owner of the land - American Indians - and the political owner of the land - American Whites. Guilt and accusations cannot continue to revolve in a vacuum without some effort at reaching a solution.” SpiritualPoliticalEffortLandSolutionsGuiltFinalsReachingOwnersAmerican HistoryReconciliationVacuumsAccusationAmerican Indian Book:God Is Red: A Native View of Religion Source: God Is Red: A Native View of Religion