113 Quotes by Chief Joseph

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

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

I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.