Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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.
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The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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