The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
TECUMSEHShow respect to all people, but grovel to none.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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 a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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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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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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.
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