God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
SITTING BULLI want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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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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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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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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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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