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. – Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises. – Chief Joseph

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. – Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises. – Chief Joseph
I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition. – Chief Joseph
Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work. – Chief Joseph
The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I dont think there is any point in having wars if thats how youre going to behave. Its pathetic. All this whining! – Rupert Everett
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz