Sitting Bull

"I have hated the white man ever since I could think."

"The Indian's heart is sad, and my eyes are wet with tears."

"We did not make the great medicine that rules in the seasons."

"My horses and my lodge are yours and all that is mine."

"The time of the Indian has not yet come."

"When the strong branch bends, the weak one breaks."

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

"The poor are not poor because of God."

"I am sorry that I am a Sioux; I would rather be dead."

"Children are a heritage from the Lord, and grandchildren are the crown of life."

"The earth is our mother, all people are born from the earth."

"What treaty that the whites have kept with us has the red man kept or would be willing to keep."

"Let us strive for the things that will bring us lasting honor and fame."

"The main object of their religion was to defeat the devil."

"I was born a Lakota, and I will die a Lakota."

"The roaming buffalo herds have disappeared."

"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."

"We know that this world is carried on the back of the buffalo."

"Today is a good day to die."

"Do not wrong us upon the reservations."

"The life of the Indian is like the wings of the air."

"I wish it to be remembered that I was the last to surrender my rifle."

"We are tired of promises."

"The whites have medicine which we have not."

"All creatures were made by the Great Spirit."

"A warrior will always choose honor over comfort."

"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights."

"We want to be free to move our lodges at pleasure."

"Let us look forward to the time when we shall be able to take our horses and go where we please."

"I thank you for your friendship and your honesty."