I think the Internet is comparable to the Homestead Act: Here's a parcel of land. Sign up, cultivate it, it's yours. — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade. — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Over hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. There was wide distribution of land and they didn't confiscate anyone's privately… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Americans have always built for the future. That is why we established land grant colleges and passed the Homestead Act to open… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I see no reason why Indians who can give satisfactory proof of having by their own labor supported their families for a… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
