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Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle
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Chief Seattle
Age: 80 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 1
Died: 1866
Died: June 7
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All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
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Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
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Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.
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All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
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Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
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Your God is not our God! Your God loves your people and hates mine! He folds his strong protecting arms lovingly about the paleface and leads him by the hand as a father leads an infant son.
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.
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All creation is one. What we do to one, we do to the entire web of life.
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Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.
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. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.
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How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
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The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
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We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.
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Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
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Take only memories, leave only footprints.
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When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then
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