"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."
-Chief Joseph
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"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."
-Chief Joseph
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"It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war."
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"It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises."
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"Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work."
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"It does not require many words to speak the truth."
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
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"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
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