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
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
—Sitting Bull
The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
—Sitting Bull
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
—Sitting Bull
It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
—Sitting Bull
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
—Sitting Bull
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
—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
They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
—Sitting Bull
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
—Sitting Bull
Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
—Sitting Bull
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