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Chief Joseph

"We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy."

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"We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy."

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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

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"Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming."

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"A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

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"Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man."

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"Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race."

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"Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out."

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Amber Hurdle

"Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them."

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"Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is."

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"Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers."

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"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
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"We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river."
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"I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more."
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"I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated."
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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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"I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country."
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"I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people."
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"I want the white people to understand my people."
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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."
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"Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated."
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