Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
TECUMSEHWhen 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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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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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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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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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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 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 the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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