We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.

  • -- George Crook 乔治·克鲁克

我们不能强迫他立即把文明以完整的形式呈现出来,但是根据公正的法律,保证印第安人享有平等的民事法律,印第安人的问题,这个使我们的国家蒙羞、使真正的爱国者蒙羞的问题,将很快成为历史。

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Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

我们的社会必须使老年人不惧怕年轻人或不被年轻人抛弃成为可能,这是正确的,因为对一个文明的考验是它如何照顾其无助的成员。

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

所有物质的起源和存在都只靠一种力……我们必须假定,在这种力量的背后,存在着一个有意识的、有智慧的头脑。心灵是一切物质的母体。

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.

文明进步中阻力最小的路线是通过不断增加的世界舆论力量使这一理论假设成为现实。

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

欺诈是力量对理性的敬意。

The Indian is a human being.

印第安人是一个人。

God made me an Indian.

上帝让我成为印第安人。