You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
SITTING BULL
If 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 think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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If 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.
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