We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
TECUMSEHAbuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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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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The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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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 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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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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