Geronimo

"Warfare against my people has been continuous. I have never surrendered to tyranny."

"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun."

"I should have fought until I was the last man alive."

"What is an Apache? It is a name given us by Mexican people. We call ourselves Inde, The People."

"The earth is our mother, caring for all people alike."

"I have killed many of my enemies, but I have never broken my word."

"Once I moved about like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all."

"Mangas Coloradas was a greater man than I."

"I am tired of fighting. We are all tired of fighting."

"All the other Indians of New Mexico have submitted themselves to the white men any longer I will not fight."

"The Americans are great lovers of the sun. They have more churches than we have."

"I have never been properly understood, but I have never given up."

"When I was young, I walked all over this land from the Rio Grande almost to California."

"You must speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death."

"I want to live in the mountains with my people forever."

"The white men have driven us from our home and hunted us like animals."

"I have been a warlike man, but the time has come for peace."

"My brothers, we must learn the ways of the white men to survive."

"The reservation is a prison without walls."

"I have never done wrong except in defending my people and my rights."

"Every creek and spring is sacred to my people."

"We have no need for gold; the earth provides all we need."

"A man cannot be strong if he is afraid."

"I am no longer afraid of the white man's bullets."

"My people have been destroyed by the soldiers of this nation."

"The young men must learn to be warriors and protectors."

"I will never surrender my spirit to captivity."

"When you make peace, keep your word or it is no peace at all."

"The mountains are the home of my ancestors."

"I have lived a life of honor and I will die with honor."