This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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God made me an Indian.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
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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 wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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