(41 quotes found)
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.”
Red Cloud
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
Robert Orben
“Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'”
Andy Rooney
“So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naïve, I feel!”
Eddie Izzard
“The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing”
Alexis de Tocqueville
“The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.”
Stewart L. Udall
“It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.”
Eric Hoffer
“You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too”
American Proverb
“Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic”
Jan Morris
“Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.”
Beau Bridges
