Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
SITTING BULLEach 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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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 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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
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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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