Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
TECUMSEHWhen your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
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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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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
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Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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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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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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