American indian Quote by Vine Deloria Jr Download Open image “This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.” — Vine Deloria Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare American indian Better off Country Indian Inspirational Patriotism Running
But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes. — George Crook Copy Share Image
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land,… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I sincerely believe that Indians have the ability to compete with the best in the world. — Dhirubhai Ambani Copy Share Image
I always want young Indians to succeed. Our country has a lot of potential, and it needs to be tapped into. — The Great Khali Copy Share Image
History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed a little land. It's like,… — Mario Van Peebles Copy Share Image
A lot of the Indians who came to North America in the '70s, and who made very successful adjustments, always had an idea of… — Clark Blaise Copy Share Image
The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible… — John Lawson Copy Share Image
India has in fact raced ahead, in ways that are more dazzling and more confusing than America is. — Clark Blaise Copy Share Image
At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Not only did secular scientists rout the Christian fundamentalists, they placed themselves in the posture of knowing more, on the basis of their own… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
It is this subtle dimension of understanding that marks the southwestern Indian peoples from other religions and separates tribal peoples from the world's religions.… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Before any final solution to American history can occur, a reconciliation must be effected between the spiritual owner of the land - American Indians… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right.… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
But even labeling a site as astronomical is an improvement, since it partially sidesteps the old stereotype of Indians being primitive and ignorant savages. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
If the tribal peoples actually represented Western origins at a much earlier time, it was exceedingly valuable that they should be studied intensely for… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Who will find peace with the lands? The future of humankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me to give… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages -… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the horrors of… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Next time!' In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come? — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.” — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Would movie moguls release a film portraying Adolph Hitler as a great benefactor of the Jews? Hardly. Would they release a movie if the… — Donald Wildmon Copy Share Image