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Native Quotes by Chief Seattle
- We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us?
- Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
- Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only…
- The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a…
- Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.
- The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might suffocate in your own waste.
- Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of…
- How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the…
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