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Top 15 Nelson A. Miles Quotes (2025 Update)

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.”

1. “On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them.”

2. “The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white people, either upon or beyond the Indian reservations.”

3. “The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white people, either upon or beyond the Indian reservations.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely a spot of ground upon which the Indians have any certainty of maintaining a permanent abode.”

4. “Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely a spot of ground upon which the Indians have any certainty of maintaining a permanent abode.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “The more we study the Indian’s character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.”

5. “The more we study the Indian’s character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.”

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Nelson A. Miles Quote: “For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.”

6. “For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.”

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Nelson A. Miles Quote: “These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to witness the light of this auspicious morn.”

7. “These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to witness the light of this auspicious morn.”

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Nelson A. Miles Quote: “To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull’s camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.”

8. “To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull’s camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds.”

9. “If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds.”

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Nelson A. Miles Quote: “A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.”

10. “A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.”

11. “One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.”

12. “Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.”

13. “Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races.”

14. “If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit.”

15. “The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed.”

16. “It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.”

17. “The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.”

— Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles Quote: “Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking.”

18. “Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking.”

— Nelson A. Miles

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