It does not take many words to tell the truth.
SITTING BULLOur 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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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 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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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God made me an Indian.
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