In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
SITTING BULLWhen 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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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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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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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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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 know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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