Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
SITTING BULLI was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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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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God made me an Indian.
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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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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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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.
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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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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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