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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 that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, old, olderness, good, good luck

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, interest, public, good, good luck

The existence of a nation is like the existence of rivers – it can be controlled, exploited, stopped from flowing until it breaks all dams and sweeps away everything in its path.

Quote by Mariana Fulger about nation, existence