The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
TECUMSEHSing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
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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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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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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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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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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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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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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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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