The indigenous population is not responsible [for rising…

To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have…

— Amartya Sen

“The indigenous peoples of the great tourist spots seem to lose their souls. All cultural, religious, and political efforts and ideals are crippled since…

— Anonymous

“The principle of fair reduction is based on the concept of historic responsibility. Developed countries finished industrialising first. Thus, over the last 60 years,…

— Yan Xuetong

The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of…

— Tom Hodgkinson

“MAO TSE-TUNG, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world’s population, was responsible for well over 70 million…

— Jung Chang

To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We think they…

— Arundhati Roy

The United States is a world unto itself. We have mountains, we have deserts, we have a river that equals the Yangtze River, that…

— Paul Theroux

A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous population, is…

— Suketu Mehta

Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Dictatorial regimes often manage to keep themselves in power because they are recognized by foreigners as representing the state and its people, and therefore…

— Thomas Pogge

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

— Malcolm Fraser

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

“I never learned how to be a woman in this world because I didn't know what it meant to be one. What I learned…

— Elaine Alec

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are…

— Tim Wise

A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if…

— Daniel Pinchbeck