I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
SITTING BULLFirst kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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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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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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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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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God made me an Indian.
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