Famous quotes containing the words cherokee and/or part:
“Long accustomed to the use of European manufactures, [the Cherokee Indians] are as incapable of returning to their habits of skins and furs as we are, and find their wants the less tolerable as they are occasioned by a war [the American Revolution] the event of which is scarcely interesting to them.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Meek wifehood is no part of my profession;
I am your friend, but never your possession.”
—Vera Brittain (1896–1970)