I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
SITTING BULLWhat white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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 have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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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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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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