Indigenous Quote by Peter Norman Download Open image “What we do to our native Australians, our own indigenous people, is nothing short of horrific.” — Peter Norman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Indigenous Indigenous people Nothing Own People Short
It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
You have troubles with violent indigenous movement around the continent. Here, we are putting more power in their hands and creating a nonviolent indigenous… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Being Indigenous, I feel very proud being an Australian and there are so many stories I want to tell. — Madeleine Madden Copy Share Image
I think this is one of the problems that we're having in Indigenous affairs. Why we're not confronting the issues that are going to resolve it, the anger and the guilt. The anger on the Aboriginal side; the guilt on the non - Aboriginal side. We have got to deal with that, move on and start doing real work. — Warren Mundine Copy Share
We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along. — Rebecca Adamson Copy Share Image
A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
In the common esteem, not only are the only good aboriginals dead ones, but all aboriginals are either sacred or contemptible according to the… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
When something happens - good, bad or ugly - you find a way to be able to do your part for your community. How… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
I think most Australians would favor what I did. At least I hope they do. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
You grow through the conflict and you emerge together. I think that's what the Olympics are all about. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
My attitude was, they'd earned the right to do what they thought they had to do with their one square metre of Olympic dais,… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
I couldn't see why a black man wasn't allowed to drink out of the same water fountain or sit in the same bus or… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
The raised arm and the clenched hand was a symbol of unity with the fingers coming together and a symbol of strength. It was… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
I always had my views on racial tolerance. I couldn't see why anyone would dislike or to the nth degree hate someone simply because… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
I believe in civil rights. Every man is born equal and should be treated as human. — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
It has been said that sharing my silver medal with that incident on the victory dais detracted from my performance. On the contrary. I… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“I never learned how to be a woman in this world because I didn't know what it meant to be one. What I learned… — Elaine Alec Copy Share Image
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face. — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything less would… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that is very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Whilst I'm all for psychedelic science - I think it's fantastic - I don't think we necessarily have time to wait for the science… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people. — Steven Biko Copy Share Image