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?
SITTING BULLI wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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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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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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 wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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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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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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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