No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
TECUMSEHA single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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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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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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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.
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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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