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"Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along."
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"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying."

"Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much."

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

"Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not."

"I'm simply saying that there are advantages in sending a skilled diplomat who can always say, 'I'll get back to you on that, Mr. Minister'."

"As soon as Young read my statements and saw clearly what I was saying, he stopped communicating with me."

"While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying."

"Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake."
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"In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people."

"A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see."

"There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history."

"Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief."

"I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future."
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