Leonard Peltier famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in this together, my friends, the rich, the poor, the red, white, black, brown and yellow. We share responsibility for Mother Earth and those who live and breathe upon her ..never forget that.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Mother #Religious #Responsibility
Justice is not a flexible tool. Unless we all do our part to ensure that justice is applied equally to all human beings, we are a party to its abuse. We must stand together to protect the rights of others.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Party #Rights #Justice
I donâ€™t know how to save the world. I donâ€™t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earthâ€™s inhabitants, none of us will surviveâ€”nor will we deserve to.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Mistake #Compassion #Past
Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Lying #Voice #Guilt
Silence,they say,is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message,just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and deed. Yes,become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are. You are your own comeuppance. You become your own message. You are the message. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Horse #Crazy #Responsibility
The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Government #United States #Innocence
In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Illegal #Probation #Unfortunate
A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Fighting #Rights #People
We need to do more than just what is right. We need to join together and right what is wrong.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Together #Needs
The FBI has always supported big business and big government.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Government #Bigs #Fbi
You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Inspirational #Believe
Well... I still can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. These politicians are such sleazebags that you just don't know. You can't really get anything from a lot of them once they get into power. They totally forget about all their commitments. The poor people elect them, and they forget about all the poor people.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Commitment #Tunnels #Light
Only one thingâ€™s sadder than remembering you were once free, and thatâ€™s forgetting you were once free.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Remember #Forget You #Forget
They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Jail #People #Justice
We each begin in innocence. We all become guilty.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Innocence #Guilty
To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and tolerance instead of prejudice, distrust and hatred. We will have to teach our children-as well as ourselves-to love the diversity of humanity....We can do it. Yes, you and I and all of us together. Now is the time. Now is the only possible time. Let the Great Healing begin.
-- Leonard Peltier

#Children #Real #Healing

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