--- title: "4 Equal rights Quotes By Chief Joseph" description: "4 Equal rights quotes by Chief Joseph. Plus more from Chief Joseph and more Equal rights sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/chief-joseph-4820_earth_the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-an_925276.png" --- > [The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-and-all-people-should-have/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/chief-joseph-4820_earth_the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-an_925276.png) > [All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/all-men-were-made-brothers-the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-and/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/chief-joseph-4820_american-indian_all-men-were-made-brothers-the-earth-is_1211714.jpg) > [If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace…Treat all men alike. Give them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/if-the-white-man-wants-to-live-in-peace-with-the-indian-he-can-live-2/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/chief-joseph-4820_american-indian_if-the-white-man-wants-to-live-in-peace_2253858.png) > [If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/if-the-white-man-wants-to-live-in-peace-with-the-indian-he-can-live-3/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/chief-joseph-4820_equal-rights_if-the-white-man-wants-to-live-in-peace_3012746.png) ## Other authors on Equal rights - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal-rights/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal-rights/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-patricia-arquette-73493.jpg) Patricia Arquette 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal-rights/patricia-arquette/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal-rights/friedrich-nietzsche/) ## More by Chief Joseph > [We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/we-did-not-know-there-were-other-people-besides-the-indian-until/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-would-give-up-everything-rather-than-have-the-blood-of-white-men/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-am-tired-of-talk-that-comes-to-nothing-it-makes-my-heart-sick-when/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/let-me-be-a-free-man-free-to-travel-free-to-stop-free-to-work/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-have-asked-some-of-the-great-white-chiefs-where-they-get-their/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/good-words-will-not-give-my-people-good-health-and-stop-them-from/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [It does not take many words to speak the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/it-does-not-take-many-words-to-speak-the-truth/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [“I will fight no more forever”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-will-fight-no-more-forever/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-do-not-believe-that-the-great-spirit-chief-gave-one-kind-of-men-the/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [We ask to be recognized as men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/we-ask-to-be-recognized-as-men/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/we-soon-found-that-the-white-men-were-growing-rich-very-fast-and-were/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-have-heard-talk-and-talk-but-nothing-is-done/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [Look twice at a two-faced man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/look-twice-at-a-two-faced-man/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/i-believe-much-trouble-and-blood-would-be-saved-if-we-opened-our/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) > [For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/for-a-short-time-we-lived-quietly-but-this-could-not-last-white-men/) [Chief Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-joseph/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal-rights/chief-joseph/#itemlist", "name": "4 Equal rights Quotes By Chief Joseph", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chief Joseph" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-joseph/the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-and-all-people-should-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/chief-joseph-4820_earth_the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-an_925276.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/chief-joseph-4820_earth_the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-an_925276.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/chief-joseph-4820_earth_the-earth-is-the-mother-of-all-people-an_925276.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.” — Chief Joseph", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All men were made brothers. 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