If you learn from an experience, that's good - so nothing bad happened to you. Russell Means More Quotes by Russell Means More Quotes From Russell Means I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot. Russell Means american-indianpatriotwant 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. Russell Means freedomresponsibilityintegrity If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. Russell Means ifswantpeople The United States is a fake country. Russell Means united-statesfakecountry They don't understand that a slice of the pie isn't the whole pie - but they wonder why they are always hungry Russell Means piewonderknowledge Indians in America are yet to be considered human beings, even though the Pope issued a papal bull in 1898 that declared us to be human beings. But to show you the institutional racism, the sports teams are still using the Indians as mascots. Russell Means teamsportsamerica I say to the Christians and to every missionary on the reservations, you're welcome to have a church here if you can support yourself. But if these churches can't support themselves, then take the hint and quit using our poverty for your direct mail solicitations. Russell Means supportchurchchristian Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world. Russell Means racisthollywoodworld America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish it politically, or through education and science. But America has become a consumer society, and I see young people in the cities - of all colors and races - hanging out together over consumerism. Russell Means colorcitiesreality That's our charge as ancestors of unborn generations: to once again become free. Russell Means unbornancestorgenerations May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones. Russell Means mysterypathmay The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct. Russell Means mexican-americanamerican-indianpolitically-correct I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive. Russell Means arrogantalivewriting So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American people have become more dependent on corporations. Russell Means corporationsgovernmentpeople Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom. Russell Means freedomlandmean Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done. Russell Means athleteheropeople Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone. Russell Means nikeripchildren Even though the American Indian Movement on a national-international scale has proven to be extremely dysfunctional, the American Indian Movement I was associated with I'm very proud of. We were a revolutionary, militant organization whose purpose was spirituality first, and that's how I want to be remembered. Russell Means movementorganizationwant I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited. Russell Means earthagepeople I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be. Russell Means usedtelling-the-truthweak
