"I saw clearly that war was upon us……" — Chief Joseph
"I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition."
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88 Quotes by Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph has 88 quotes on this site.
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Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my…
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights…
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Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them."…
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn…
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The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike.…
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We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones…
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We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We…
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The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is…
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter…
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good…
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More Ammunition Quotes
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one of 81 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let…
— Adele
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Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists…
— John Ashcroft
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The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.
— Ronald Reagan
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A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to…
— George Washington
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
— Irving Kaufman
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When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord…
— Emma Goldman
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Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries…
— Jeff Cooper
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The United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people. It's not the only country that has psychosis. And…
— Barack Obama
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Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three…
— Ernest Hemingway
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We must dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war: ammunition factories.
— Albert Einstein
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