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All Quotes Collection


"Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father."
147


"Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them."
161


"I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle."
219


"I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief."
73


"He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires."
216


"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"
177


"I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were."
183


"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."
196


"Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work."
36


"Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law."
45


"The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way."
42

"I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature."
32

"When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things."
30

"It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers."
30

"We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world."
42

"For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy."
55

"English policy may not yet have made the definite decision to attack us; but it doubtless wishes, by all and every means, even the most extreme, to hinder every further expansion of German international influence and of German maritime power."
37

"But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy."
31

"Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea."
32


"As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea."
31


"I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod."
34


"People learn to lead because they care about something."
34
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