The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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God made me an Indian.
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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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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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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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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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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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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