List of Chief Joseph Quotes

I Know That My Race Must Change.

We Ask To Be Recognized As Men.

My People Were Divided About Surrendering.

I Will Obey Every Law, Or Submit To The Penalty.

I Would Have Given My Own Life If I Could Have Undone The Killing Of White Men By My People.

Lawyer Acted Without Authority From Our Band. He Had No Right To Sell The Wallowa Country.

I Did Not Want My People Killed. I Did Not Want Bloodshed.

I Said In My Heart That, Rather Than Have War, I Would Give Up My Country.

We Had Good White Friends Who Advised Us Against Taking The War Path. My Friend And Brother, Mr. Chapman, Told Us Just How The War Would End.

When My Young Men Began The Killing, My Heart Was Hurt.

A Man Who Would Not Love His Father's Grave Is Worse Than A Wild Animal.

I Only Ask Of The Government To Be Treated As All Other Men Are Treated.