"I think the most important issue we have……" — Wilma Mankiller
"I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and belive in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality."
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Wilma Mankiller
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33 Quotes by Wilma Mankiller
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I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about…
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It's like everybody's sitting there and they have some kind of veil over their face, and they look at each…
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We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.
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Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m…
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The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that…
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If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and…
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Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear…
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Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.
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My name is Mankiller, and in the old Cherokee Nation, when we lived here in the Southeast, we lived in…
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It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee…
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