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> [It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and knowledge? … The truth is that I am prone to bouts of doubt and sadness around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/it-is-time-to-ask-are-we-aborigines-a-serious-people-do-we-have-the/)

Noel Pearson

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## More by Noel Pearson

> [When he breathed he truly was Australia's greatest white elder and friend without peer to the original Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/when-he-breathed-he-truly-was-australia-s-greatest-white-elder-and/)

Noel Pearson

> [When he breathed, he truly was Australia’s greatest white elder and friend without peer of the original Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/when-he-breathed-he-truly-was-australia-s-greatest-white-elder-and-2/)

Noel Pearson

> [It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/it-is-time-to-ask-are-we-aborigines-a-serious-people-do-we-have-the/)

Noel Pearson

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