"There are a whole lot of historical factors……" — Wilma Mankiller
"There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history."
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Wilma Mankiller
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33 Quotes by Wilma Mankiller
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I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin…
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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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