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Look twice at a two-faced man.
We ask to be recognized as men.
I know that my race must change.
Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
Big name often stands on small legs.
Words do not pay for my dead people.
I will speak with a straight tongue.
It takes few words to tell the truth.
The Indian race is waiting and praying.
The Indian race are waiting and praying.
The eye tells what the tongue would hide.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
My people were divided about surrendering.
Good words will not give me back my children.
I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.
We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.
I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.
War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.
I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.
Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.
Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.
We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!