Chief Joseph Quotes
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
— Chief Joseph
Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
— Chief Joseph
The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
— Chief Joseph
I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
— Chief Joseph
We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
— Chief Joseph
It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners.
— Joseph Lowery
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
— Chief Joseph
Good words will not give me back my children.
— Chief Joseph
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
— Chief Joseph
My people were divided about surrendering.
— Chief Joseph
We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
— Chief Joseph
The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval.
— Joseph Crowley
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
— Chief Joseph
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
— Chief Joseph
You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
— Chief Joseph
When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
— Chief Joseph
I know that my race must change.
— Chief Joseph
The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
— Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
— Chief Joseph
We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
— Chief Joseph
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
— Chief Joseph
Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.
— Chief Joseph
When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.
— Chief Joseph
I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
— Chief Joseph
We ask to be recognized as men.
— Chief Joseph
Big name often stands on small legs.
— Chief Joseph
My father ... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
— Chief Joseph
I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
— Chief Joseph
It takes few words to tell the truth.
— Chief Joseph
I want the white people to understand my people.
— Chief Joseph
The Indian race are waiting and praying.
— Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
— Chief Joseph
Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God ...
— Joseph Smith Jr.
A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.
— Chief Joseph
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
— Chief Joseph
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
— Chief Joseph
I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.
— Chief Joseph
The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same
— Chief Joseph
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land ... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.
— Chief Joseph
It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
— Chief Joseph
Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from theirfathers. These laws were good. — Chief Joseph
Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
— Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
— Chief Joseph
The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues.
— Philibert Joseph Roux
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
— Chief Joseph
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.
— Chief Joseph
Words do not pay for my dead people.
— Chief Joseph
Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
— Chief Joseph
Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
— Chief Joseph
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
— Joseph Addison
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
— Chief Joseph
