“Thunderheart” quotes

“Sometimes they have to kill us. They have to kill us, because they can't break our spirit.”

John Trudell - Jimmy Looks Twice

“- Walter Crow Horse: Who the hell are you, man?
- Ray Levoi: What do you mean?
- Walter Crow Horse: You had yourself a vision. A man waits a long time to have a vision, and he may go his whole life without having one. Then along comes some instant indian with a fucking Rolex and a brand new pair of shoes. A God damn FBI to top it all off, has...” (continue)(continue reading)

Val Kilmer - Walter Crow Horse
Graham Greene - Ray Levoi

“I know more about the law and the history out here than the people themselves. Let me tell you, I feel for them. They're a proud people. But they're also a conquered people. That means their future is dictated by the nation that conquered them. Rightly or wrongly, that's the way it works, down through history.”
Sam Shepard - Frank Coutelle

“We choose the right to be who we are. We know the difference between the reality of freedom and the illusion of freedom. There is a way to live with the earth and a way not to live with the earth. We choose the way of earth. It's about power, Ray.”
John Trudell - Jimmy Looks Twice

- Walter Crow Horse: License and registration?
- Ray Levoi: Kiss my ass.
- Walter Crow Horse: Hey, this is my jurisdiction now. And you were going 59 in a 55 zone.
- Ray Levoi: Let me see the radar.
- Walter Crow Horse: I don't need no radar, I can tell! I just listen to the wind; it said, "fifty-nine, nail him!".
Graham Greene - Walter Crow Horse
Val Kilmer - Ray Levoi

- Ray Levoi: Just before they caught Jimmy, I had a dream. I was running with other indians at the "Wounded Knee Cemetery". I was shot in the back.
- Walter Crow Horse: You were running with the old ones at The Knee?
- Ray Levoi: It was just a dream.
Val Kilmer - Ray Levoi
Graham Greene - Walter Crow Horse

“- Ray Levoi: Crow Horse, fuck you.
- Walter Crow Horse: You'd love to.”

Val Kilmer - Ray Levoi
Graham Greene - Walter Crow Horse