Adept Quote by Leonard Peltier

“This American government has become very adept at attaching labels to people who defend themselves, so that the general population in America will condone their behavior.” quote by Leonard Peltier — Download Open image

“This American government has become very adept at attaching labels to people who defend themselves, so that the general population in America will condone their behavior.”

Leonard Peltier

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I would like to say, historically, from the very beginning, our people have time and again expressed the need for people to live in harmony with the creator, the mother earth, fellow man, and respect our brother's vision. In the past and the present, we have been respon-sible for the greatest gains; cultivated foods and medicines; democratic government, and many…

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You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.

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I, however, fear that at some future point there will possibly be concerted backlash against us because of our successes in business and other…

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Only one thing’s sadder than remembering you were once free, and that’s forgetting you were once free.

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A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

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Silence,they say,is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message,just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and deed. Yes,become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are. You are your own…

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