I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
SITTING BULLIt does not take many words to tell the truth.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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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I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
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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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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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