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Agriculture Quotations
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Quotations, proverbs, and sayings about:
Agriculture, rural life, farms, and farming.
Land Terms
Land (Agriculture, Conservation, Ecology, Soils) - Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Quotations: Land, Agriculture, Conservation, Ecology, Legacy, Natural Resources, Politics, Real Estate, Soil
"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - from the Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law (February 26, 1937)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (Thirty-second President of the United States of America; b. 1882 - d. 1945)
"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - from the Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law (February 26, 1937)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (Thirty-second President of the United States of America; b. 1882 - d. 1945)
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Land (Agriculture, Growth, Literature, Service) - Swift, Jonathan
Quotations: Land, Agriculture, Growth, Literature, Service, Politics
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." -from Gulliver's Travels (1726)
- Jonathan Swift (English/Irish author, poet, and satirist; b. 1667 - d. 1745)
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." -from Gulliver's Travels (1726)
- Jonathan Swift (English/Irish author, poet, and satirist; b. 1667 - d. 1745)
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Water (Agriculture, Duty, Growth, Heart, Love, Virtue) - Bowring, Sir John
Quotations: Water, Land, Agriculture, Disposition, Heart, Growth, Literature, Love, Virtue, Duty, Natural Resources
"There is in every human heart,
Some not completely barren part,
Where seeds of truth and love might grow,
And flowers of generous virtue flow;
To plant, to watch, to water there,
This be our duty, be our care.
-from Matins and Vespers: With Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces (1827)
- Sir John Bowring (English author, poet, political economist, and 4th governor of Hong Kong; b. 1792 - d. 1872)
"There is in every human heart,
Some not completely barren part,
Where seeds of truth and love might grow,
And flowers of generous virtue flow;
To plant, to watch, to water there,
This be our duty, be our care.
-from Matins and Vespers: With Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces (1827)
- Sir John Bowring (English author, poet, political economist, and 4th governor of Hong Kong; b. 1792 - d. 1872)
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