You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
SITTING BULLIf 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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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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Behold, 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!
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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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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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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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God made me an Indian.
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