They Called Me King Tiger Quotes

“power oppress the poor and the ignorant. But the oppressed can at least rebel. In prison, you can only tolerate your situation. The guards can with impunity increase your terror every minute, every hour, every day. Time is on the side of the guards. Time for the prisoners is on hold. The guards develop an appetite for brutality and agony.”
― Reies Lopez Tijerina, They Called Me "King Tiger": My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights

“Only the prisoner knows how much he suffers in prison, especially his mind and his spirit. I began to lose contact with my reality. I was in limbo. But I learned that the human body will adjust to everything,
given time. The prisoners lose all rights, and the guards take advantage of that power they have over them. On the outside, those that control the land and have”
― Reies Lopez Tijerina, They Called Me "King Tiger": My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights

“Ever since Spain and Mexico began to settle this part of the Southwest over the course of three hundred years, those people and those communities had protection and respect from both Mexico and Spain. Those governments never stole the land from their people. It was with the arrival of the United States, "the democratic government of the United States, the leader of the free world," that we began to have problems and violations of our land rights. Spain and Mexico have valiantly guarded the archives that document the ownership rights, but people such as members of the Santa Fe Ring have destroyed those records. So I would ask, "Who has caused this problem with the land, Reies or the Anglos?" And every day I would hit on that theme as best I could.”
― Reies Lopez Tijerina, They Called Me "King Tiger": My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights