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.”
TECUMSEHFrom my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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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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.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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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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 you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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