Geronimo

"The Apache spirit is unbreakable because it is rooted in truth."

"I have learned that true power comes from understanding, not force."

"My life has been a struggle, but struggle is what makes us human."

"The land gave us everything; we gave the land only our blood."

"When the last red man shall have perished, and his memory among white men shall have become a myth, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe."

"We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and knows the hearts of all men, and that he looks with approval upon the just and the unjust alike."

"I have always wanted to live peaceably and follow the white man's road."

"I wanted to be free to live as the Apache lived - to roam without boundaries, to hunt, to love my family without fear."

"The white man has put us on these lands which are too small to live upon and too rocky to grow our food on."

"A man's character is his fate - what you are determines what will come to you."

"I have always been ready to die for my people and my freedom."

"The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it."

"I have been thinking about the white man's ways and I do not like them."

"What is an Apache? An Apache is a person who fights for what he believes in, even when the whole world stands against him."

"Life is like a river - it flows where it must, and we are but drops within it."

"I have seen the promises made to us broken more times than I can count."

"The greatest power a man can have is the power to choose his own path."

"We did not make the earth. We did not place the silver and gold upon it. The Almighty placed them there."

"To be an Apache is to love freedom more than life itself."

"I am tired of fighting. We want to live like other people."

"The young men see the suffering of our people and wish to fight. This is the spirit of warriors."

"Every man must find his own truth - no other man can give it to him."

"I have tried to live as the white man wanted me to live, but it is not in my blood."

"The land is sacred to us - to lose it is to lose ourselves."

"My people have been wronged, and I have sought to right those wrongs through whatever means necessary."

"Time moves slowly for those in captivity, and quickly for those who are free."

"A true warrior does not seek war, but stands ready to defend what he loves."

"The beauty of the desert is that it reveals the truth of who you are."

"I have learned that patience is a weapon more powerful than any gun."

"To speak with a forked tongue is the greatest shame a man can know."