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.
SITTING BULLThe white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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God made me an Indian.
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Inside 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.
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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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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