American Leader Quotations

And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth.

I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for to believe the white man any more.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father.

At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

On the 27th we came to the Cascade Rapids. The first or Little Cascade has about two feet fall, the second or Grand Cascade, a mile farther, is about a six foot sheer drop.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

I have done my best to keep my young men quiet, but some will not listen and since the fighting began, I have not been able to keep them at home.

Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand for something we shall fall for anything.

Ordinary problems affecting wages, hours, and working conditions, in most instances, will quickly respond to negotiation in the council room.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

At night we reached the Indian village of Pelican Portage, and landed by climbing over huge blocks of ice that were piled along the shore.

Five of the corporations in the steel industry elected to resist collective bargaining and undertook to destroy the steel workers' union.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

In southern settlements, where the Lynx is little known, it is painted as a fearsome beast of limitless ferocity, strength, and activity.

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

The Cheyennes do not fight at all this side of the Arkansas, but north some young warriors were fired upon and then the fight began.

The question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be.

We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.