Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
TECUMSEHThe way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.”
More Tecumseh Quotes
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I would not then come to Governor Harrison to ask him to tear up the treaty, and to obliterate the landmark, but I would say to him, “Sir, you have the liberty to return to your own country.”
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit.
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Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and everything that is dear and sacred to us? I know you will cry with me, ‘Never! Never!’
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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