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.”
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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?
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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