Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives,… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
We must respect each other's right to choose a collective destiny, and the opportunity to develop the legal and political rights for… — Jackie Huggins Copy Share Image
I've wandered over many lands, and reaped withal no fruit, I've laid my pride of rank aside, and pressed my baffled suit,… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
The noblest contribution which any man can make for the benefit of posterity, is that of character. The richest bequest which any… — Robert Charles Winthrop Copy Share Image
To make sure we aren't training people for jobs that don't exist, the government should provide companies with loans or loan guarantees.… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The English truly understand the dynamic between buildings and land. — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
This little patch of earth and this little pile of stones I can wash the dust from off my face and skin… — Ralph McTell Copy Share Image
Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
The city is as large as Seville or Cordova; its streets, I speak of the principal ones, are very wide and straight;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The first human beings to land on Mars should not come back to Earth. They should be the beginning of a build-up… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who… — Giuseppe Garibaldi Copy Share Image
That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man bath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
It's hard when you look a certain way. I look All-American, sweet, girl-next-door, so naturally those are the parts that are going… — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
What did you expect? Welcome, sonny? Make yourself at home? Marry my daughter? You've got to remember that these are just simple… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
