113 Quotes by Chief Joseph

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.

She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times if she left him, harm would come to (her relatives).

She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times by Rafael that if she left him that harm would be done to her sister in Guatemala, or once she got to the United States that her mother would be harmed.

There is a legitimate place for him in a law enforcement agency. He is a unique individual and there are a number of things he could do for a community. From what I have seen, he is into law enforcement. He could have come and gone today but he stayed for beyond what I would have expected. We know he is not in this for the money.

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.

Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more, forever.

The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something...