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)

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)

Quotations and Proverbs: Land, Conservation, Ecology, Legacy, Natural Resources, Proverbs, Real Estate

"We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

- Native American Proverb

"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway." - from Tarantula (1971)
- Bob Dylan (American singer/songwriter, b. 1941)

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)