Quote by Chief Joseph
I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. – Chief Joseph

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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation. – 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. – Chief Joseph

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The Cold War isnt thawing it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isnt sleeping it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. – Richard M. Nixon

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My youth passed at the time of the countrys reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle. – Lech Walesa

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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II. – Dan Rather

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I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf. – George McGovern

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