“Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.”

— Chief Joseph · Wisdom quote

Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. — Chief Joseph quote card
Nez Perce leader · 1840 – 1904

Leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce, famed for his people's 1877 fighting retreat toward Canada and his surrender words, 'I will fight no more forever.' He spent his later years pleading his people's cause in Washington.

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