“We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and ...” — Chief Joseph Quote

“We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.”

“Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.”

“Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.”

“The systematic murder of Christians in the Middle East is a horrible atrocity, and all of us should be united against it. Likewise, we should speak with one voice against the persecution of Jews, usually being carried out by the very same jihadist radicals.”

“Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!”

“When I was trained as a journalist, as a race-relations reporter in Nashville covering the end of the civil-rights movement, we were strictly forbidden to use the first-person pronoun. There was kind of an electric charge around it. To come out from hiding and use the word 'I' carried a lot of fright for me.”