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.
TECUMSEHMy father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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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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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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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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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