"You must teach your children that the ground……" — Chief Seattle
"You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves."
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61 Quotes by Chief Seattle
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Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
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Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say?…
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The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might…
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Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and…
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We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer,…
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All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
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There is no such place as away.
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