America Quote by Mark Twain

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.”

— Mark Twain

[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was…

— Hal Holbrook

“Illegal Immigrant in every state, for I come from a Time beyond tribes.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The white men had basically crapped all over the only race that could call itself indigenous in America.”

— David Baldacci

“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one…

— idowu koyenikan

“There’s always going to be a criminal element in the population. At least as long as people believe they need politicians.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The Indian makes a good citizen, a good farmer, a good soldier. He is a real American, and all those of us who have…

— William F. Cody

“People think Indians are a problem, but it’s them white outlaws who are the threat.”

— Susan Denning

“I advise you to be suspicious of any black American whose family does not claim a blood connection to Native Americans. That’s a clear…

— Baratunde Thurston

“that the only Indians who went on trial were”

— Katherine Boo

“I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo.”

— Sherman Alexie

“Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little…

— Booker T. Washington