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.
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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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 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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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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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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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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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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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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