John Trudell Quotes
One Earth, one mother - one does not sell the Earth.
Trudell, John. Lines From a Mined Mind: The Words of John Trudell. Fulcrum Publishing, 2008.
Preserving the environment in a modern state involves restrictions of various kinds ranging from limits on land use to prohibiting of hunting of endangered species. Each of these limits individual freedom somewhat. This is the main reason that there is a significant anti-environmentalism movement. Most laws and regulations restrict human freedom somewhat, and generally democratic societies limit these to the very necessary. But with environmentalism, more regulation is usually better environmentalism. Therefore such regulation is always a trade off with some human freedom.
Commenting on American President Donald Trump's decision to renege on America's Voluntary Environmental Commitment at the Paris Accord.” Plan B" is a term used for a plan that is a backup plan which is in reserve in case the original plan fails.
John Trudell was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
