As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
SITTING BULL
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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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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 think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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God made me an Indian.
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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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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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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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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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