Our obligations and loyalty should not be to a government that will not take care of our needs. Our obligations and loyalty should not be to a govern… - John Trudell

We have to understand who we are and where we fit in the natural order of the world because our oppressor deals in illusions. They tell us that it is power, but it is not power. They may have all the guns and they may have all the racist laws and judges, and they may control all the money, but that is not power. These are imitations of power and they are only ‘power’ because in our minds we allow it to be power.

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.

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