113 Quotes by Chief Joseph

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.

You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

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.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

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

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

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

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.