Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit.
TECUMSEHLet us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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