Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them." Then he goes to my neighbor and says to him, "Joseph has some good horses. I want to buy them, but he refuses to sell." My neighbor answers, "Pay me the money and I will sell you Joseph's horses." The white man returns to me and says, "Joseph, I have bought your horses and you must let me have them." If we sold our lands to the government, this is the way they bought them.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. - Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
- Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth. - Chief Joseph
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 re… - Chief Joseph
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 re…
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too mu… - 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 broken promises. There has been too mu…
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do. - 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 must do.
The eye tells what the tongue would hide. - Chief Joseph
The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. - Chief Joseph
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. - Chief Joseph
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. - Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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