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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indian is the dead Indian, but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian. Take three hundred low families of New York and New Jersey, support them, for fifty years, in vicious idleness, and you will have some idea of what the Indians are. Reckless, revengeful, fiendishly cruel.

Theodore Roosevelt

From https://archive.is/kHb7V

[–] bodaciousFern@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don’t go so far as to think thing A is true all the time, but I believe thing A is true 90% of the time, and I would prefer to ignore those other 10% cases

The level of honesty with his prejudice is refreshing I suppose, but wow what a piece of shit