Sitting Bull Quotes

Biography
Type: Statesman
Nationality: Lakotan
Born: 1831
Died: December 15, 1890

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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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God made me an Indian.
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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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I am a red man. 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 am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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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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It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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