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.
TECUMSEHWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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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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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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