Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
TECUMSEHShow respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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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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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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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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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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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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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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