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> [Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/being-is-a-spiritual-proposition-gaining-is-a-material-act/)

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## Other authors on Spiritual Process

## More by Russell Means

> [Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/freedom-is-for-everyone-whatever-lifestyle-they-choose-as-long-as-it/)

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> [America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/america-always-put-forth-this-phony-melting-pot-theory-but-it-s-a/)

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> [I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-ve-always-considered-myself-a-man-of-integrity-as-a-leader-of-the/)

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> [When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/when-a-woman-grabs-my-braids-and-says-how-cute-i-crab-her-breast-and/)

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> [Golden eagles don't mate with bald eagles, deer don't mate with antelope, gray wolves don't mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/golden-eagles-don-t-mate-with-bald-eagles-deer-don-t-mate-with/)

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> [Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/being-an-indian-means-living-with-the-land-and-the-only-way-we-ll-be/)

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> [I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-don-t-want-to-be-remembered-as-an-activist-i-want-to-be-remembered/)

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> [Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/before-aim-indians-were-dispirited-defeated-and-culturally-dissolving/)

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> [Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/children-in-poverty-aren-t-trying-to-get-out-of-poverty-they-re-just/)

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> [The United States is a fake country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/the-united-states-is-a-fake-country/)

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> [We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/we-indians-do-not-teach-that-there-is-only-one-god-we-know-that/)

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> [What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/what-the-american-indian-movement-says-is-that-the-american-indians/)

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> [I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-information-in-the-computer-age/)

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> [True to your own ancestors, therefore true to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/true-to-your-own-ancestors-therefore-true-to-yourself/)

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> [Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, and start carving up the mountain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/imagine-going-to-the-holy-land-in-israel-whether-you-re-a-christian/)

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