--- title: "1 Civilized Men Quotes By John (Fire) Lame Deer" description: "1 Civilized Men quotes by John (Fire) Lame Deer. Plus more from John (Fire) Lame Deer and more Civilized Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_civilization_before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-mak_1526990.jpg" --- > [“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didin't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we didn't have any delinquents. Without a prison, there can't be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-make-us-civilized-men-we-didin-t/) John (Fire) Lame Deer [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_civilization_before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-mak_1526990.jpg) ## More by John (Fire) Lame Deer > [“All Creatures exist for a purpose. 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Because of this, we didn't have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-make-us-civilized-men-we-didin-t/) John (Fire) Lame Deer ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilized-men/john-fire-lame-deer-2/#itemlist", "name": "1 Civilized Men Quotes By John (Fire) Lame Deer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didin't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we didn't have any delinquents. Without a prison, there can't be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. 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