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.
SITTING BULLIn my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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 here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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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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I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
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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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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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