Sitting Bull

I wish to be left in peace. I do not wish to be in contact with the white man, nor do I wish to be disturbed by him.

If a man loses a horse, he can buy another, but he cannot buy a life.

I have been told that you have come to buy my land. I do not wish to sell my land. I have never sold my land. I have no land to sell.

The life of an Indian is like the life of a bird. He flies and flies, and then he falls to the ground.

What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. What treaty that the white man ever made with us have they kept? Not one.

I am a man. I have a pipe. I have a home. I have a family. I have children. I have a voice. I will speak.

The white man is very clever. He makes many things. But he does not understand the earth. He does not understand the animals. He does not understand the sky. He does not understand the Great Spirit.

I would rather die an Indian than live a white man.

We are a nation of many people. We have always lived here. We have always been free. We will always be free.

I have told you that I wish to be left in peace. I do not wish to be disturbed. I wish to live in my own way.

The Great Spirit made us all. He made the white man and the red man. He gave us different ways. We should respect each other's ways.

I have seen many things. I have seen the white man come. I have seen him take our land. I have seen him kill our people. I have seen him break his promises.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world; the sun rose and set on their land; they sent 10,000 men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?

The white man is a liar. He has no heart. He has no soul. He has no honor.

I have always been a friend to the white man. I have always tried to live in peace. But he has always tried to take my land and my life.

The white men are coming like a wave. They cover the land. They are like grasshoppers. They eat everything.

The love of possessions is a disease with them.

I have heard you talk of the white man's law. I have seen the white man's law. It is not for us.

The white man has a tongue of forked lightning.