Geronimo — "We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless."

"I have seen the face of the enemy. It is the face of fear."

"There are very few of my men left now. They have done some bad things but I want them all rubbed out now and let us never speak of them again."

"The white man came with a book and a gun, and he took our land."

"I could not call back my loved ones, I could not bring back the dead Apaches, but I could rejoice in this revenge. The Apaches had avenged the massacre of 'Kas-ki-yeh.'"

"We never prayed against any person, but if we had aught against any individual we ourselves took vengeance. We were taught that Usen does not care for the petty quarrels of men."