all the inhabitants could be taken away or held as slaves, for with 50 men we could overpower them all, and make them do whatever we wished.        -christopher columbus.
 

the government must remove the natives- if not they will be hunted down like wild beasts and destroyed.
 

the extinction of indians as indians is the ultimate end of canadian indian policy. -government department, canada.
 

1994: it is necessary to finish with indians by the year 2000. -government minister, brazil.
 

2017. they still survive.