The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
TECUMSEHThe Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
TECUMSEHFrom my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
TECUMSEHSing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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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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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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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?
TECUMSEHSell 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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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.
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.
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Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and everything that is dear and sacred to us? I know you will cry with me, ‘Never! Never!’
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
TECUMSEHShow respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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!
TECUMSEHFrom 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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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.
TECUMSEHLove 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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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.
TECUMSEHBrothers, 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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
TECUMSEHWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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