Quotes of Chief Joseph - somelinesforyou

“ I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them." Then he goes to my neighbor and says to him, "Joseph has some good horses… ”

- Chief Joseph

“ All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I know that my race must change. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The Indian race are waiting and praying. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The Indian race are waiting and praying. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The Indian race are waiting and praying. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them." Then he goes to my neighbor and says to him, "Joseph has some good horses… ”

- Chief Joseph

“ If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ The Indian race are waiting and praying. ”

- Chief Joseph

“ If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. ”

- Chief Joseph
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