No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
TECUMSEHWhen the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!
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Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit.
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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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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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