Native Quotes

646 quotes by 477 authors

English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should… — Paula Gunn Allen
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise… — Paula Gunn Allen
What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we… — Peter Ackroyd
I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust… — William Faulkner
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all… — Edith Wharton
My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with… — Robert Burns
O, beautiful and grand, My own, my native land! Of thee I boast: Great empire of the west, The dearest and the best, Made up… — Abraham Coles
And nobler is a limited command, Given by the love of all your native land, Than a successive title, long and dark, Drawn from the… — John Dryden
So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. — Oliver Goldsmith
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. — Walter Scott
I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To… — William Wordsworth
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er… — Walter Scott
I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and… — John Wayne
For once, I believe that PETA, at least on the level of logic, is correct. If the NCAA has to protect offended Native Americans ...… — Tom Feeney
To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. — Oliver Goldsmith
We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, It is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to… — Jaron Lanier
The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons… — Plato
We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know that the land… — Canasatego
What is this you call property? It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her children, beasts, birds, fish and… — Massasoit

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