The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
TECUMSEHNo tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
More Tecumseh Quotes
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
TECUMSEHAlways give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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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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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!
TECUMSEHFrom 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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
TECUMSEHWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
TECUMSEHThe white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
TECUMSEHBrothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
TECUMSEHWhen Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
TECUMSEHWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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