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.
SITTING BULLThis is a good day to die. Follow me!
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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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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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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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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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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God made me an Indian.
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