Famous quotes containing the words native american, native, american and/or words:
“The Great Spirit, who made all things, made every thing for some use, and whatever use he designed anything for, that use it should always be put to. Now, when he made rum, he said Let this be for the Indians to get drunk with, and it must be so.”
—Native American elder. Quoted in Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, ch. 8 (written 1771-1790, published 1868)
“The air of ones native country is the most healthy air.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“[The ladies] must be aware that a great evil cannot for a long time, predominate, without, at least, their connivance. Silence is often as effectual an advocate in a cause as eloquence.”
—Censor, U.S. womens magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 337-340 (August, 1828)
“Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)