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"Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake."
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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."
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"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
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"A mistake is a stepping stone to success."
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"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."
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"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
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"We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones."
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"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."
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"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."
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"It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved."
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"It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next."
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"Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work."
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"I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country."
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"Good words will not give me back my children."
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"Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated."
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"I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
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"We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country."
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"War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war."
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"Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake."
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"I know that my race must change."
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"I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition."
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