This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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 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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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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It 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.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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