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Vine Deloria, Jr.

"Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent."

Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author
Power, Morality, Civilization, Knowledge
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"Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent."

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"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."

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"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

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