I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
TECUMSEHTrouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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I would not then come to Governor Harrison to ask him to tear up the treaty, and to obliterate the landmark, but I would say to him, “Sir, you have the liberty to return to your own country.”
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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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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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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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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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