So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
TECUMSEHA single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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 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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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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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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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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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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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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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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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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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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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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