I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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God made me an Indian.
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You come here to tell us lies, but we don’t want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.
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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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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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