"In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians,……" — Eduardo Galeano
"In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians, discovered they lived in America, discovered they were naked, discovered that the Sin existed, discovered they owed allegiance to a King and Kingdom from another world and a God from another sky, and that this God had invented the guilty and the dress, and had sent to be burnt alive who worships the Sun the Moon the Earth and the Rain that wets it."
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89 Quotes by Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano has 89 quotes on this site.
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In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.
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Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with…
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From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When…
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In the struggle of good against evil, it's always the people who get killed.
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It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll…
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The tree of life knows that, whatever happens, the warm music spinning around it will never stop. However much death…
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The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that…
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We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions…
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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can…
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To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to…
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The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from…
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A pretty move, for the love of God.
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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the…
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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were…
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me…
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful…
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
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