What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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 will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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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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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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