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?
SITTING BULLIs 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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God made me an Indian.
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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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 nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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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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 think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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