Winona LaDuke Quotes
I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag.
LaDuke, Winona. The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings. Voyageur Press, 2002, p. 21.
For variations on this theme see Stephen Decatur, Meyer London, John Jordan Crittendon and Carl Schurtz
For variations on this theme see Stephen Decatur, Meyer London, Charles Churchill and Carl Schurtz
See Carl Schurz {33636} for an 1872 version and G. K Chesterton for perspective {597471}.
In a House debate in 1923 on the Nordic or Latin discovery of America, Congressman Summers of Washington asked Italian-American Congressman La Guardia to yield to ask whether or not Christopher Columbus had come from "your country."
The motto was worn on their uniforms which unlike the blue of the rest of the American army was white as can be seen in the famous paining by muralist David R. Wagner. Rhode Island offered freedom to all slaves who would enlist. It not only included Negroes but Indian slaves as well. See {613949} and {614120} for details. The motto itself is interesting in that there was little concept of a country then as most Americans identified themselves as Virginians, New Yorkers or Rhode Islanders. There was no Constitution—only a confederation of States. But the former slaves joining the regiment had never voluntarily associated themselves with Rhode Island, and the first free decision they made was to join the regiment and have a new country.
Winona LaDuke is an American environmentalist, economist, writer and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.
