In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
SITTING BULLIf I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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You come here to tell us lies, but we don’t want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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