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!
SITTING BULLYou 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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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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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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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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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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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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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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