Chief Joseph Quotes

I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.

When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.

There are, after all, between seventy-five thousand and a hundred thousand descendants of the Ball-family slaves. If I were to begin apologizing to every one of these families, it would quickly become a meaningless act.

I was a cheap criminal; I did many, many wrongs. I admit that. Of course, if I could tell each person I'm sorry, I would.

It doesn't matter whether I'm judged criminal. I have a great feeling of guilt - I have a feeling that I ran after Hitler like a wildfire without reason. If I can sacrifice my life to make something good, I'd gladly do it.

I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.

A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.

I will be asking for forgiveness, but hopefully I won't have to be asking for much forgiveness.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

You should have died when I killed you.

Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world.

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

You can say you're sorry 5,000 times, but that doesn't mean you mean it.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions.

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.

I let the American people down.

I've got some repenting to do.