Sitting Bull Quotes


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 Battle 143
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! Sitting Bull Love 122
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it. Sitting Bull Bureaucracy 119
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. Sitting Bull Fool 100
Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also. Sitting Bull Assured 93
If we must die, we die defending our rights. Sitting Bull Defending 86
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. Sitting Bull Spirit 86
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them. Sitting Bull Disease 83
I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. Sitting Bull Found 81
It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull Crows 81
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place. Sitting Bull Desired 80
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian. Sitting Bull Bad 79
They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time. Sitting Bull Another 78
In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. Sitting Bull Days 76
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 Power 70
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? Sitting Bull Born 67
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. Sitting Bull Controls 61
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father. Sitting Bull Consider 60
God made me an Indian. Sitting Bull God 58
I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief. Sitting Bull Chief 54
The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love. Sitting Bull Earth 52
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 Land 50
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. Sitting Bull Certain 50
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull Children 47
This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. Sitting Bull Banks 47
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. Sitting Bull Environmental 46
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. Sitting Bull Wish 43
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. Sitting Bull Uncategorized 40
Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. Sitting Bull Animal 38
Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull Uncategorized 38
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 Abuse 37
There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them. Sitting Bull Home 36
What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. Sitting Bull Broken 35
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 Anyone 24

Showing 1 to 34 of 34 entries

Previous1Next

Sitting Bull Quotes

Search Result