Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. 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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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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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The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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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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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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 nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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