"Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together."

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Source : "Honor the Earth: The Triple Crown of Pipeline Rides". Short documentary narrated by Winona LaDuke, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2013.

Winona LaDuke

#Mother Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Land Quotes

“Every poem is an infant labored into birth and I am drenched with sweating effort, tired from the pain and hurt of being a man, in the poem I transform myself into a woman.”
“I think that all women should consider running for office. What's happening now is just horrifying. With the people we have - with the person we have in the president's office, with so many of the people we have in Congress - we need more progressive women in office. At all levels. From city councils on up. We need women to run. I encourage women to run”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“Happy will be those who take a lesson and warning from the mistakes and misfortunes of others and seek, nevertheless, to adopt the good they offer. Wisdom, wherever he finds it, it's a believer's goal, because he is more worthy of it than anyone else.”
“I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.”
“I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful.”
“I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Â Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Â Well, youÂ shouldn't charge for water. Â Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water”
“Optimism is the staunchest worshipper of life.”
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”

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