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Sitting Bull quotes

Statesman December 15, 1890

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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? Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "God made me an Indian."
God made me an Indian. Sitting Bull
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? Sitting Bull
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. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken?..."
What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he..."
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of..."
What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would..."
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone..."
I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks..."
This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and..."
In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I..."
I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am."
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe..."
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull quote: "Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our..."
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. Sitting Bull

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