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title: "2 Alaska Quotes By Velma Wallis"
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> [“Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velma-wallis/now-because-we-have-spent-so-many-years-convincing-the-younger-people/)

Velma Wallis

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> [“They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velma-wallis/they-forget-that-we-too-have-earned-the-right-to-live-so-i-say-if-we/)

Velma Wallis

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## Other authors on Alaska

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/john-green/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-krakauer-52757.jpg) Jon Krakauer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/jon-krakauer/)
- [John Gourley 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/john-gourley/)

## More by Velma Wallis

> [“Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velma-wallis/now-because-we-have-spent-so-many-years-convincing-the-younger-people/)

Velma Wallis

> [“The body needs food, but the mind needs people”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velma-wallis/the-body-needs-food-but-the-mind-needs-people/)

Velma Wallis

> [“They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velma-wallis/they-forget-that-we-too-have-earned-the-right-to-live-so-i-say-if-we/)

Velma Wallis

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