Henry Cantwell Wallace famous quotes

To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.
-- Henry Cantwell Wallace

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Nations endure only as long as their topsoil.
-- Henry Cantwell Wallace

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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

The poet's place, it seems to me, is with the Mr. Hydes of human nature.

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.

How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine.

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

Only a new seed will yield a new crop.