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
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
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
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 childrens mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean. – Sitting Bull