Soft Earth Quotes by Chief Joseph

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Chief Joseph has 88 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a…
• All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.…
• Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say…
• We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We…
• The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
• If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them…
• We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and…
• We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
• Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all…
• The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and…
• We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will…
• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and…

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