Russell Means
(1939-2012)

American Indian Indigenous/Constitutional Rights Activist,
First National Director of AIM

birthdate: November 10
birthplace:
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota

QUOTES

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.

I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you become on centralized power, the more easily you are lead around.

You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about.

 

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