Quotes About Iroquois

#1. The Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul
the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254]

Kim Edwards

#2. The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.

Francis Parkman

#3. The Creator wished to bless the home of the Iroquois and he placed his immense hand upon the earth, and the impression it left was the Finger Lakes"

Myths, Legends and Lore Central New York and the Finger Lakes

Melanie Zimmer

#4. Whenever I publish a book, I feel like a trapper caught by the Iroquois. They're all lined up with Tomahawks, and the idea is to run through with your head down, and everybody gets to take a swing. They hit you in the head, the back, the ass, and the balls.

Stephen King

#5. My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation.

Joseph Bruchac

#6. In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

Wilma Mankiller

#7. Catherine Tekakwitha, who are you? Are you (1656-1680)? Is that enough? Are you the Iroquois Virgin? Are you the Lily of the Shores of the Mohawk River? Can I love you in my own way?

Leonard Cohen

#8. Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

Rachel Blanchard

#9. The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.

Marquis De Lafayette

#10. Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.

Francis Parkman

#11. I wonder what it must have been like, what dignity it must have conferred on children of the Iroquois confederacy that any child over three was welcome to speak about matters of group importance in the tribal council.

Aurora Levins Morales

#12. Had no notion how much resemblance there was between what he was doing, and the original beliefs of the Iroquois,

Diana Gabaldon

#13. The model for the U.S. Constitution was not ancient Greece but the Iroquois Confederacy. Then,

Gloria Steinem

#14. Are such discussions common among the Iroquois, Miss Grey? They are not

Rose Gordon

#15. A man walked into a shop and asked, "How much are your eggs?" He said "£1.40 a dozen". He then asked: "How much are your cracked ones?" He said: "35p". He said: "Crack us four dozen."

Frank Carson

#16. I chose God over the material universe.

Philip K. Dick

#17. "World War III, was the Cold War".

R. James Woolsey Jr.

#18. Return to the root and you will find the meaning.

Sengcan

#19. I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.

Adolf Hitler

#20. I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car.

Mike O'Malley

#21. In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

Eric Cantor