Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
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- The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. β¨ Seattle (Chief) (1976). Chief Seattle's Testimony
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