Famous quotes containing the words indian and/or nation:
“The Indian resists curiosity by a stony silence. The Negro offers a featherbed resistance. That is, we let the probe enter, but it never comes out. It gets smothered under a lot of laughter and pleasantries.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (18911960)
“We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our childrens children who may perchance be really free.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)