"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."
-Charles Eastman
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"The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.“
-Charles Eastman
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"The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church."
-Charles Eastman
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"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."
-Charles Eastman
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"More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material."
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
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"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."
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"The importance of human life should be universally respected - and that refers to children before they are born and after. All children have the right to be brought up in a loving two-parent family where the notion of divorce is not even possible."
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"I've always known I wanted a family."
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-Bob Geldof
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