"If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."

-- Sitting Bull

#Children Quotes #Mean Quotes #Land Quotes

“Never since the dawn of human history, as far as I can find out, did people long settled in any region give a friendly welcome to newcomers. One of the disagreeable traits of our human nature seems to be to dislike on sight people who come later than the first settlers.”

Source : Dorothy Canfield Fisher “Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life”
“If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.”

Source : Song: Race Among The Ruins, Album: Summertime Dream
“The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue or your seven-figure salary or your privileged sexual status depend on it, it is an operable condition.”
“A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics. People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?".”
“Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning of the poem is the poem.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.
“Profit is proof that the capitalist has given something to society that it cherishes more than the material wealth it has given to the businessman.”
“Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is that the vast majority of youth offenders will one day be released. The question is simple and stark. Do we want to help them change or do we want to help them become even more violent and dangerous?”
“To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow”

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