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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.
Chief Seattle
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Chief Seattle
Age: 80 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 1
Died: 1866
Died: June 7
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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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We are a part of the earth and it is part of us.
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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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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.
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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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Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.
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Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
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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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The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful Earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the Earth and it is part of us.
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Our God, the Great Spirit, seems also to have forsaken us. Your God makes your people wax stronger every day. Soon they will fill all the land.
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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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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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To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.
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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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All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.
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The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
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We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us?
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All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
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Earth does not belong to us we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children
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