FastSaying

We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on.

Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle

Related Quotes

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.
— Chief Seattle
FollowsLikeNation
If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
— Chief Seattle
AirBuyFreshness
Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!
— Chief Seattle
chief-seattleconservationnature
Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He would protect them.
— Chief Seattle
AwayCannotGod
My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain.
— Chief Seattle
FewPeoplePlain