What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
SITTING BULLIs 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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 am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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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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God made me an Indian.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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