What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
SITTING BULLInside 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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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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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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God made me an Indian.
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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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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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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.
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