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Top 30 John Trudell Quotes (2025 Update)

John Trudell Quote: “Protect your spirit, because you are in the place where spirits get eaten.”

1. “Protect your spirit, because you are in the place where spirits get eaten.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Don’t trust anyone who isn’t angry.”

2. “Don’t trust anyone who isn’t angry.”

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John Trudell Quote: “I’m just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it’s understanding of being human.”

3. “I’m just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it’s understanding of being human.”

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John Trudell Quote: “We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.”

4. “We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.”

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John Trudell Quote: “The great lie is that it is civilization. It’s not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That’s the great lie, is that it represents civilization.”

5. “The great lie is that it is civilization. It’s not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That’s the great lie, is that it represents civilization.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.”

6. “Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.”

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John Trudell Quote: “We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into the reality of natural rights because all of the natural world has a right to existence and we are only a small part of it. There can be no trade-off.”

7. “We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into the reality of natural rights because all of the natural world has a right to existence and we are only a small part of it. There can be no trade-off.”

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John Trudell Quote: “We’re all human beings and we all have feelings. And we all live in this industrial meat grinder where we don’t really understand love anymore.”

8. “We’re all human beings and we all have feelings. And we all live in this industrial meat grinder where we don’t really understand love anymore.”

— John Trudell

John Trudell Quote: “The past is more than a memory.”

9. “The past is more than a memory.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Our bones, flesh and blood are made up of the metals, liquids and minerals of the earth and everything on this planet is made up of the same things. As humans we have being, so everything on the earth does too in our culture, because we are made of the same thing.”

10. “Our bones, flesh and blood are made up of the metals, liquids and minerals of the earth and everything on this planet is made up of the same things. As humans we have being, so everything on the earth does too in our culture, because we are made of the same thing.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Historically speaking, we went from being Indians to pagans to savages to hostiles to militants to activists to Native Americans. Its five hundred years later and they still cant see us. We are still invisible.”

11. “Historically speaking, we went from being Indians to pagans to savages to hostiles to militants to activists to Native Americans. Its five hundred years later and they still cant see us. We are still invisible.”

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John Trudell Quote: “The thing is, it has to do with heart – we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.”

12. “The thing is, it has to do with heart – we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.”

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John Trudell Quote: “All human beings are descendants of tribal people who were spiritually alive, intimately in love with the natural world, children of Mother Earth. When we were tribal people, we knew who we were, we knew where we were, and we knew our purpose. This sacred perception of reality remains alive and well in our genetic memory. We carry it inside of us, usually in a dusty box in the mind’s attic, but it is accessible.”

13. “All human beings are descendants of tribal people who were spiritually alive, intimately in love with the natural world, children of Mother Earth. When we were tribal people, we knew who we were, we knew where we were, and we knew our purpose. This sacred perception of reality remains alive and well in our genetic memory. We carry it inside of us, usually in a dusty box in the mind’s attic, but it is accessible.”

— John Trudell

John Trudell Quote: “No matter what they ever do to us, we must always act for the love of our people and the earth. We must not react out of hatred against those who have no sense.”

14. “No matter what they ever do to us, we must always act for the love of our people and the earth. We must not react out of hatred against those who have no sense.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Sometimes when it rains, it’s not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.”

15. “Sometimes when it rains, it’s not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.”

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John Trudell Quote: “It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.”

16. “It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.”

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John Trudell Quote: “They’re called poems but in reality they’re lines given to me to hang on to.”

17. “They’re called poems but in reality they’re lines given to me to hang on to.”

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John Trudell Quote: “I think that if the political and social movement groups and organizations that operate in this country today had the same kind of energetic commitment that the medical marijuana people have, many things could change in this country.”

18. “I think that if the political and social movement groups and organizations that operate in this country today had the same kind of energetic commitment that the medical marijuana people have, many things could change in this country.”

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John Trudell Quote: “As human beings it is time to take responsibility for the power of our Intelligence and use the power of our intelligence to think coherently This isn’t about whether we can or we can’t This is about whether we will or we won’t.”

19. “As human beings it is time to take responsibility for the power of our Intelligence and use the power of our intelligence to think coherently This isn’t about whether we can or we can’t This is about whether we will or we won’t.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Class is material consumed.”

20. “Class is material consumed.”

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John Trudell Quote: “I’ve gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don’t know, or I think.”

21. “I’ve gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don’t know, or I think.”

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John Trudell Quote: “As human beings, we’re given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.”

22. “As human beings, we’re given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.”

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John Trudell Quote: “I think we live in an industrial dimensional reality where we’re programmed to believe what we’re told. We’re programmed to believe them. We’re programmed to believe what that ruling class wants us to believe.”

23. “I think we live in an industrial dimensional reality where we’re programmed to believe what we’re told. We’re programmed to believe them. We’re programmed to believe what that ruling class wants us to believe.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.”

24. “Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.”

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John Trudell Quote: “As human beings we’re living in a reality of industrial madness.”

25. “As human beings we’re living in a reality of industrial madness.”

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John Trudell Quote: “Because you look at it, you know, and there’s basically one set of rules that protect that industrial ruling class. That’s what the governments do, that’s what the religions do. They protect the interests of that industrial ruling class.”

26. “Because you look at it, you know, and there’s basically one set of rules that protect that industrial ruling class. That’s what the governments do, that’s what the religions do. They protect the interests of that industrial ruling class.”

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John Trudell Quote: “A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I’ve seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large.”

27. “A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I’ve seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large.”

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John Trudell Quote: “The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.”

28. “The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.”

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John Trudell Quote: “We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.”

29. “We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.”

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John Trudell Quote: “As human beings how we use our intelligence to perceive reality Dictates how we will use the power of our intelligence.”

30. “As human beings how we use our intelligence to perceive reality Dictates how we will use the power of our intelligence.”

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