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.
TECUMSEHWhen 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.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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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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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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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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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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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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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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