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There are insane people who wish to rule the world. They wish to continue to rule the world on violence and repression, and we are all the victims of that violence and repression.

— John Trudell We are Power" speech (1980)

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Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.

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Sometimes when it rains, it's not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.

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I do not care who it is, any child that turns on their mother is living in a terrible, terrible confusion. The earth is our mother. We must take care of the earth.

The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, [says Trudell, with a slight grin], will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.

They are going to become more brutal. They are going to become more oppressive.

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