An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think, and act for myself--and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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