Uproot Quotes

We honor those noble tribal nations, towns, bands, clans and families uprooted from their ancient and beloved homelands. The revered societies of these five honored tribes stand today as precious legacies to their descendants. We remember the countless Native American ancestors whose remains lie within this soil, and especially those who perished on the forced removal. We, the citizens of Arkansas, honor you and hold you in remembrance. - Joy Simmons

We have approximately 600 to 700 trees uprooted and down. - Ron Williams

We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. - Moshe Dayan

We also worked on the church property taming a forest of uprooted trees. Huge trees -- 20 feet tall -- had been snapped off and just the trunks were sitting there. We went in with a Bobcat and chain saws to clear up the church's wooded property. - Dennis Johnson

We accept that obstacles to leave are very large. It's a daunting thing to uproot yourself and your kids and be without financial resources. - Douglas Murphy

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. - Robert Mugabe

There will not be any rallies in the middle of any tracks, no NAACP rallies or anything of that nature... I don't want anyone to think we're coming in here trying to uproot something. We're just here to try and make this all better. - Tim Brown

There is a time for everything, And a season for every activity under heaven: A time to be born and a time to die, A time to plant and a time to uproot, A time to kill and a time to heal, A time to tear down and a time to build, A time to weep and a time to laugh, A time to mourn and a time to dance. - Ravi Agarwal

There has been a complete lack of political will, a total lack of commitment on the part of the government to uproot graft in this country. The people who were implicated in major corruption scandals are still key personalities in high-level civil service. Nothing is new. These people are still in office. They have not been touched. - Maina Kiai