Category: General

“So much for Freedom under Democracy… So much for the real aims of the Allies.”

“I am overwhelmed with a view of the injustice of my country to the suffering Indians!”

“What is called human government is usurpation, imposture, demagogueism, peculation, swindling and tyranny, more or less, according to circumstances, and to the intellectual and moral condition of the people.”

“…many see in ‘foreigners’ the cause of economic distress… This is evidently a stupid error…”

“The tribes have faced tremendous odds in this ceaseless battle. In addition to the machinery of state government, the news media had been attempting to write the Indians’ obituary daily.”

“We are not allowed to make those basic human choices and decisions about our personal life and about the destiny of our communities which is the mark of free mature people.”

“In short, we need to grapple with men as they are, events as they emerge and reap maximum possible advantage for the success of our ideas.”

“I have served the United States in a less compelling struggle in Vietnam and will not be restricted from doing less for my People within the United States.”

“…think not that you are safe and out of danger while you are under the wings of the flesh-devouring eagle of America, which protects the liberties of fugitives from Southern bondage as the wolf protects the lamb.”

“I’m on my way to Canada,
That cold and dreary land;
The dire effects of Slavery
I can no longer stand.”