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“What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man ... the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights.”

Source: Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words

“War is honorable In those who do their native rights maintain; In those whose swords an iron barrier are Between the lawless spoiler and the weak; But is, in those who draw th' offensive blade For added power or gain, sordid and despicable As meanest office of the worldly churl.”

War Rights Office Draws Gains Weak Native Barriers Iron Offensive Honorable Worldly Blades Despicable Spoilers

Book:The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie

Source: The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie

“The movie industry would never purposely offend homosexuals, native Americans, environmentalists, animal rights activists, or women's groups, but they don't think twice about something that might offend Christians.”

Thinking Might Christian Religious Animal Rights Groups Industry Native Activist Animal Rights Native American Homosexual Environmentalist Think Twice Movie Industry Animal Rights Activists

Book:The Spirit-Filled Family

Source: The Spirit-Filled Family

“All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.”

Has Beens Term Rights Birth Citizens Equal Protection Distinction Native Entitled Precise Adopted Equal Rights Equal Protection

Author:James K. Polk

“Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability, but also how this intersects with, for example, issues of gender - she's campaigned for reproductive rights in her native Indonesian, and is currently studying for a PhD in disability and visual cultures at Goldsmiths. She's written a feminist, environmentalist, anti-colonialist narrative poem, with tactile artwork and a Braille translation. How could I not publish that?”

“If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved their economic situation in some form. And this has been brought about by their aggressive assertion of their sovereign treaty rights.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Form Situation Rights Economic Native Statistics Aggressive Native American Sovereign Tribes Assertion Treaties

Author:Leonard Peltier

“United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected.”

“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”