"This nation is like a spring freshet; it……" — Sitting Bull
"This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."
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55 Quotes by Sitting Bull
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall…
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and…
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who…
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent…
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I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have…
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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because…
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