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.
SITTING BULLI know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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God made me an Indian.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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