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.
SITTING BULLHe put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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.
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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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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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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