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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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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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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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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I would not then come to Governor Harrison to ask him to tear up the treaty, and to obliterate the landmark, but I would say to him, “Sir, you have the liberty to return to your own country.”
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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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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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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 sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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