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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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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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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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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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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So 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. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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.”
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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