" When I was just a small child, my mother and grandparents taught me something powerful. If all the green plants disappeared from the earth, life wouldn't survive. If all the animals with four legs vanished, life would be in danger. If all the birds were gone, life would struggle. If all the creatures that crawl, swim, or live in the earth disappeared, there would be no life left. But if all the human beings disappeared, life on earth would actually thrive. That's how small and unimportant we really are compared to nature." -Russell Means'