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!
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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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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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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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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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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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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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