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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

by Bob Joseph

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“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be reckoning yet ... it may be sooner or it may be later, but it's a coming as sure as the Lord is just”
― Soloman Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

tags: just, punishments, reckoning, sin, slavery

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“Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!”
― Solomon Northup, 12 Years a Slave

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“There is no fool like an educated fool...”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

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“Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill every time.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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