Russell Means > Quotes

“When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

“If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

“Tourists came around and looked into our tipis. That those were the homes we choose to live in didn`t bother them at all. The untied the door, opened the flap, and barged right in, touching our things, poking through our bedrolls, inspecting everything. It boggles my mind that tourists feel they have the god-given right to intrude everywhere.”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

“Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, at mongrel dogs, and mixed breed horses, and you`ll know the Great Mystery didn`t intend them to be that way. We weakened the species and introduced disease by mixing what should be kept seperate. Among humans, intermarriage weakens the respect people have for themselves and for their traditions. It undermines clarity of spirit and mind.”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

“America will be the first country to become fascist democratically—a process that has begun.”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means