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"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."
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Sitting Bull

"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."

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"What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one."
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"What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one."

Man,
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"This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."
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"This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."

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"You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am."
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"You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am."

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

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"There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them."
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"There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them."

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"The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it."
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"The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it."

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

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"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."
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Sitting Bull

"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."

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"They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse."
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"They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse."

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"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."
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"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."

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"It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
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Sitting Bull

"It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."

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

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"Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?"
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"Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?"

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"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."
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"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

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"If we must die, we die defending our rights."
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"If we must die, we die defending our rights."

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"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place."
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"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place."

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"If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."
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"If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."

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"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."
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"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."

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"I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself."
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"I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself."

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

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"I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place."
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"I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place."

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

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"Every seed is awakened, and all animal life."
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"Every seed is awakened, and all animal life."

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"Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
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"Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."

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"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!"
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"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!"

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

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"God made me an Indian."
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"God made me an Indian."

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

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"Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work."
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Alan Bullock

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

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"Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature."
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Alan Bullock

"Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature."

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

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

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"Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive."
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Alan Bullock

"Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive."

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

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

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"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."
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Wynn Bullock

"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."

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

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

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"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."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"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."

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"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."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"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."

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"This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part."

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"The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated."

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"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."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"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."

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"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."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"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."

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

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

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"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."
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Bernhard von Bulow

"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."

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"America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got."
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Charlotte Bunch

"America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got."

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

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

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"Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues."
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Charlotte Bunch

"Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues."

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"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."
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Charlotte Bunch

"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."

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"Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life."
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Charlotte Bunch

"Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life."

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"People learn to lead because they care about something."
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Charlotte Bunch

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

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