In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
SITTING BULLFirst kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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 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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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 wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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