Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies. Profoundly inspirational Sitting Bull quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.

Famous Sitting Bull Quotes

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. 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

What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. Sitting Bull

It does not take many words to tell the truth. Sitting Bull

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

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it. Sitting Bull

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. Sitting Bull

What treaties that the whites have kept, that the red man broken? Not one. What treaties that the white man gave to us they kept? Not one. Sitting Bull

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

Behold, my brothers, the spring has come; the earth has received the embraces of the sun and we shall soon see the results of that love! Every seed has awakened and so has all animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves, to inhabit this land. Sitting Bull

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it. Sitting Bull

They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away; they deface her with their buildings and their refuse. That nation is like a spring freshet that overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. We cannot dwell side by side. Sitting Bull

The white men, who belong to another land, have come upon us and are forcing is to live according to their ideas. That is an injustice. We have never dreamed of making white men live as we live. Sitting Bull

I want you to go and tell the Great Father that I do not want to sell any land to the government. He picked up a piece of dust and added not even so much as this. Sitting Bull

A warrior I have been. Now it is all over. A hard time I have. Sitting Bull

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it. 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

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. Sitting Bull

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull

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

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. Sitting Bull

What does it matter how I pray, so long as my prayers are answered? Sitting Bull

It does not take many words to tell the truth. 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

My people want to move their tepees here and there to different hunting grounds. Sitting Bull

For us, warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who can not provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity. Sitting Bull

If we must die, we die defending our rights. Sitting Bull

Hear me people We have now to deal with another race small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now great and overbearing. Strangely enough they have a mind to till the soil and the love of possession is a disease with them. These people have made many rules that the rich may break but the poor may not. They take their tithes from the poor and weak to support the rich and those who rule. Sitting Bull

The land under my feet is mine again. I never sold it. I never gave it to anyone. Sitting Bull

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist. Sitting Bull

I was born near where I stand. Sitting Bull

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one. Sitting Bull

Hear me people We have now to deal with another race small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now great and overbearing. Sitting Bull

The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion. Sitting Bull

As individual fingers, we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist. Sitting Bull

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. Sitting Bull

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one. 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

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it. Sitting Bull

If we must die, we die defending our rights. 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

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull

For us, warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who can not provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity. Sitting Bull

As individual fingers, we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist. Sitting Bull

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it. Sitting Bull

It does not take many words to tell the truth. Sitting Bull

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle. Look at me, see if I am poor, or my people either. The whites may get me at last, as you say, but I will have good times till then. You are fools to make yourselves slaves to a piece of fat bacon, some hard tack, and a little sugar and coffee. Sitting Bull

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one. Sitting Bull

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

The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion. Sitting Bull

Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own? 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

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

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. Sitting Bull

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Sitting Bull

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. 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

If we must die, we die defending our rights. Sitting Bull

Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth. Sitting Bull

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it. Sitting Bull

What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered? Sitting Bull

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle. Look at me, see if I am poor, or my people either. The whites may get me at last, as you say, but I will have good times till then. You are fools to make yourselves slaves to a piece of fat bacon, some hard tack, and a little sugar and coffee. Sitting Bull

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it. Sitting Bull

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

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. Sitting Bull

Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own? Sitting Bull

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

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time. Sitting Bull

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