Top 35 Quotes by Sitting Bull

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place.

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?

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.

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.

I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

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

You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.

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!