First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
SITTING BULL
There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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God made me an Indian.
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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You come here to tell us lies, but we don’t want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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