Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny.
Chief SeattleLike a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench.
Chief SeattleMan does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
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