I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
SITTING BULLYou 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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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 treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.
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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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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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