Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
TECUMSEHBrothers, 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.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.”
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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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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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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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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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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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, 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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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