I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.Sitting Bull
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
Sitting Bull
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
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
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
Sitting Bull
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
Sitting Bull
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