The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and his own historic culture. His problems, sharpened by years of defeat and exploitation, neglect and inadequate effort, will take many years to overcome.

If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.

It will be controlled when the people of America, through their elected representatives, demand the right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear..

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.