Indigenous Quotes

160 quotes by 116 authors

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material… — John Bolton
The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull… — Tony Abbott
Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In… — James Cameron
The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return… — Pat Conroy
We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty... — Evo Morales
We must respect each other's right to choose a collective destiny, and the opportunity to develop the legal and political rights for Indigenous and non-Indigenous… — Jackie Huggins
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and… — Jackie Huggins
What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white man came here… — Galarrwuy Yunupingu
We are at last being recognised as the indigenous people of this country whom must share in its future. This is not a day of… — Galarrwuy Yunupingu
For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our peoples. To expect… — Mick Dodson
If you can imagine the one family continuously occupying the same land for 40,000 years or more, using it not just to sustain life but… — Tania Major
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of individual groups or… — Matthew Coon Come
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it, or considering other… — Charlie Cook
The role of globalization is to homogenize all cultures, and to turn them into commodified markets, and therefore, to make them easier for global corporations… — Jerry Mander
The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it. They also understand… — Samuel Ruiz
We are dealing with a multidimensional paraphysical phenomenon which is largely indigenous to planet earth. — Brad Steiger
If the society that we're talking about is a society that starts wars all over the world, degrades indigenous cultures, is misogynistic in itself, if… — KRS-One
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous… — Edward James Olmos
I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet — Edward James Olmos
This is the welfare generation, and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse, I believe, than the stolen… — Andrew Forrest

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