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“As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan.”

Quote by Jan Schakowsky

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Jan Schakowsky is an American politician currently serving as a U.S. Representative. Born on May 26, 1944, she represents the 9th district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives. Schakowsky is known for her active work on social justice and consumer rights issues in Congress. more

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“As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations.”

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“As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.”

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“Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.”

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“Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room.”

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“Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.”

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“I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well.”

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Book:General George Crook: His Autobiography

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“If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.”

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“The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years.”

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“When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.”

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“It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.”

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