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> [ “You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more. \[...\] My friends, if you took me away from this land it would be very hard for me. I wish… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/you-have-driven-me-from-the-east-to-this-place-and-i-have-been-here/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

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## More by Standing Bear

> [There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/there-is-one-god-and-he-made-both-indians-and-white-men-we-were-all/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [If a white man had land, and some one should swindle him, that man would try to get it back, and you would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/if-a-white-man-had-land-and-some-one-should-swindle-him-that-man/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [God never does anything wrong. He knows what is best for me. No man can understand God, or know why He deals with us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/god-never-does-anything-wrong-he-knows-what-is-best-for-me-no-man-can/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [“That hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/that-hand-is-not-the-color-of-yours-but-if-i-pierce-it-i-shall-feel/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [ “You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more. \[...\] My friends, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/you-have-driven-me-from-the-east-to-this-place-and-i-have-been-here/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more…My friends, if you took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/you-have-driven-me-from-the-east-to-this-place-and-i-have-been-here-2/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/my-first-years-were-spent-living-just-as-my-forefathers-had-lived/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [Friends and brothers, The Almighty created us Indians. We are as he made us. The Almighty has given to the whites a book to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/friends-and-brothers-the-almighty-created-us-indians-we-are-as-he/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/and-when-native-man-left-off-this-form-of-development-his/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

> [Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/standing-bear/man-s-heart-away-from-nature-becomes-hard/)

[Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/standing-bear/)

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