You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
SITTING BULLBehold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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