Chief Joseph Quotes

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.

I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

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

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.

The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same

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