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Wilma Mankiller

"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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"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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"Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief."
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"Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward."
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"Growth is a painful process."
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"The secret of our success is that we never, never give up."
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"We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done."
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"America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking."
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"I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian."
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"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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"I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves."
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