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!
TECUMSEHI 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.”
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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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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