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?
TECUMSEHWhen the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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 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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
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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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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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