Sitting Bull Quotes:
If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
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God made me an Indian.
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place.
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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