Neil Abercrombie Quotes

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• When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what…
• There are several states where you can get married. But I think I can say without fear of contradiction, 'Paradise awaits.' We'll be happy to…
• Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas…
• So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what…
• So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination,…
• You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
• A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all…
• Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
• There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live…
• I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control? Well, we have…
• Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the…

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