My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
TECUMSEHSell 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?
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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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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