It does not require many words to speak the truth.
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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 much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.
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 Indian race are waiting and praying.
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same.
I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work.