Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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 think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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