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SITTING BULLEach 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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 nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my 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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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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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 have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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