As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
SITTING BULLThey want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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