The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
SITTING BULLWhat white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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 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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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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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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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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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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