The eye tells what the tongue would hide.

Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and broken promises.

The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.

The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.