You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
SITTING BULLI have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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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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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 we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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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.
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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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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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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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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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