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?
TECUMSEHLove your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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?
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
TECUMSEHAlways give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
TECUMSEHWhen the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
TECUMSEHTrouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
TECUMSEHSing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
TECUMSEHLive your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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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The 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.”
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.”
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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.
TECUMSEHWe 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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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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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
TECUMSEHSo live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
TECUMSEHFrom my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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.
TECUMSEHGive 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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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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