Land Ordinance

In U.S. land history, there are at least three land ordinances of note:

  • Land Ordinance of 1784
  • Land Ordinance of 1785
  • Land Ordinance of 1796

Famous quotes containing the words land and/or ordinance:

    “I believe in human liberty as I believe in the wine of life. There is no salvation for men in the pitiful condescension of industrial masters. Guardians have no place in a land of freemen.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Modern dancers are inconvenienced by a local ordinance requiring the passage of visible light between partners.”
    —State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)