Native Fury

Famous quotes containing the words native and/or fury:

“There can be no more ancient and traditional American value than ignorance. English-only speakers brought it with them to this country three centuries ago, and they quickly imposed it on the Africans—who were not allowed to learn to read and write—and on the Native Americans, who were simply not allowed.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)

“Its fury aims to shatter but our altars: it scorns only the gods and never the mortals.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)