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> [“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lame-deer/before-our-white-brothers-came-to-civilize-us-we-had-no-jails/)

John Lame Deer

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## More by John Lame Deer

> [“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lame-deer/before-our-white-brothers-came-to-civilize-us-we-had-no-jails/)

John Lame Deer

> [“I had never seen so much hair on a man. It covered all of his face and grew way down to his chest, maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lame-deer/i-had-never-seen-so-much-hair-on-a-man-it-covered-all-of-his-face-and/)

John Lame Deer

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