Your God is not our God! Your God loves your people and hates mine! He folds his strong protecting arms lovingly about the paleface and leads him by the hand as a father leads an infant son.
Chief SeattleWe are part of the earth and it is part of us ... What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
Chief SeattleEarth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Chief SeattleAll things are connected, like the blood that runs in your family "The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father." 1854 The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother.
Chief Seattle