Leonard Peltier Quotes

What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to be granted. I had to prepare myself for being released because there was no sign that my petition would be denied.

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you’ve got to prove your innocence. And that’s not the Constitution of the United States.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you’d be very unfortunate if you got probation – most of them were released immediately.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people’s rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.