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.
SITTING BULLAs individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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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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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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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 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 am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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