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"At two hours after midnight the land appeared" : Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America, 1492-1493
"Everyone was amazed to catch sight of ... things they had never dreamed or heard" : History of the Indies, 1493
"The Spaniards were guilty of the very same thing they accused the Indians of" : History of the Indies, ca. 1503-1509
"There I saw such great cruelties" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, 1542
"And so he had them burned alive" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, ca. 1540s
"My one motive in dictating this book" : prologue to the History of the Indies, 1552
"Enslavement of blacks was every bit as unjust as that of the Indians" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
"By what right and with what justice?" History of the Indies, 1511
"The preservation ...of the Indians, has always been the primary purpose of our policy" : New Laws of 1542, Council of the Indies
"For everyone to accept our faith, he or she must have ...a clear liberty of choice" : Twenty reasons against the Encomienda, 1552
"Our Christian religion is equal for all ...and does not deprive any of their liberty" : History of the Indies, 1527-1561
"The one and only way" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
"If they refuse to listen, we must go to other places" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"All humankind is one" : Apologetic history, 1527-1561
"Those Indians ...should not be deprived of freedom" : Sublimis Deus, Pope Paul III, 1537
"Good-bye, Aristotle!" In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Every nation ...has the right to defend itself" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Liberty is an innate right of all human beings" : On royal power, ca. 1560s
"Infidels rightly have ownership of their goods" : Certain principles, 1552
"The same right" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"War of this kind is unjust" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
"Those peoples had never attacked, nor committed injury, nor war" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
"Every single person has to give consent" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"It is not my business to pass judgment on those outside" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Help to the oppressed against their oppressors" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"Those Indians whose rights I have defended till my death" : Petition to His Holiness Pope Pius V, 1566
"Everyone was amazed to catch sight of ... things they had never dreamed or heard" : History of the Indies, 1493
"The Spaniards were guilty of the very same thing they accused the Indians of" : History of the Indies, ca. 1503-1509
"There I saw such great cruelties" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, 1542
"And so he had them burned alive" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, ca. 1540s
"My one motive in dictating this book" : prologue to the History of the Indies, 1552
"Enslavement of blacks was every bit as unjust as that of the Indians" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
"By what right and with what justice?" History of the Indies, 1511
"The preservation ...of the Indians, has always been the primary purpose of our policy" : New Laws of 1542, Council of the Indies
"For everyone to accept our faith, he or she must have ...a clear liberty of choice" : Twenty reasons against the Encomienda, 1552
"Our Christian religion is equal for all ...and does not deprive any of their liberty" : History of the Indies, 1527-1561
"The one and only way" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
"If they refuse to listen, we must go to other places" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"All humankind is one" : Apologetic history, 1527-1561
"Those Indians ...should not be deprived of freedom" : Sublimis Deus, Pope Paul III, 1537
"Good-bye, Aristotle!" In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Every nation ...has the right to defend itself" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Liberty is an innate right of all human beings" : On royal power, ca. 1560s
"Infidels rightly have ownership of their goods" : Certain principles, 1552
"The same right" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"War of this kind is unjust" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
"Those peoples had never attacked, nor committed injury, nor war" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
"Every single person has to give consent" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"It is not my business to pass judgment on those outside" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
"Help to the oppressed against their oppressors" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
"Those Indians whose rights I have defended till my death" : Petition to His Holiness Pope Pius V, 1566