"God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian."

-- Sitting Bull

#Justice Quotes #Social Justice Quotes #Reservations Quotes

“Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period.”
“'They fell in love.' Such a rare and special event cannot be done justice by one statement; it involves so much more than that single sentence could explain: it means two people that were brave enough to show their scars, vulnerability, rough edges, happiest thoughts, along with their worst fears, and find a mutual respect, appreciation, and fondness for one another; they achieved a gift that not many people get to experience in their lifetime in its truest form.”
“The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.”
“While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.”
“I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion- keep you from eating, which I liked to do.”

Source : Septima Poinsette Clark (1990). “Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement”
“Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands.”
“Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.”

Source : Thomas Brooks “Heaven On Earth”, Lulu.com
“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.”

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