The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
SITTING BULLStrangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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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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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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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 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 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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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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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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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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