“There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting and re‑ousting of a long line of successive ‘owners’ who each in turn, as ‘patriots’ with proud swelling hearts defended it against the next gang of ‘robbers’ who came to steal it and did—and became swelling‑hearted patriots in their turn.” –
“There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting and re‑ousting of a long line of successive ‘owners’ who each in turn, as ‘patriots’ with proud swelling hearts defended it against the next gang of ‘robbers’ who came to steal it and did—and became swelling‑hearted patriots in their turn.” –
Mark Twain
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