Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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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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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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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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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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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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