What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
SITTING BULLIt 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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 nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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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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