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Democracy means to us Indian people, 'I am going to steal your land'


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CHARLES WHITESIDES When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thous...
SITTING BULL If we must die, we die defending our rights.
SITTING BULL The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
SITTING BULL Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
SITTING BULL There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose...
SITTING BULL I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
SITTING BULL The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
SITTING BULL They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from he...
SITTING BULL They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last tim...
SITTING BULL What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian...
SITTING BULL Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and w...
SITTING BULL Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be le...
SITTING BULL Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
SITTING BULL What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has see...
SITTING BULL Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
SITTING BULL It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
SITTING BULL If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food...
SITTING BULL I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the...
SITTING BULL If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place.
SITTING BULL Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
SITTING BULL It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighb...
SITTING BULL What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have th...
SITTING BULL I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is...
SITTING BULL Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
SITTING BULL I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
SITTING BULL I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the...
SITTING BULL The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it
SITTING BULL I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neit...
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 thie...
SITTING BULL Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? B...
SITTING BULL Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in the...
SITTING BULL What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
SITTING BULL Behold, the Spring has come; the earth has received the embraces of the sun and we shall soon see th...
SITTING BULL Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.'
REINHOLD NIEBUHR In exchange for the evacuation of ... people who shouldn't have been there in the first place, (Isra...
DIANA BUTTU The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO Democracy means nothing if people are not able to work the democracy for the common good.
CHANDRA BHUSHAN When I first came to Harvard, I thought to myself, 'What kind of an Indian am I?' because I ...
WINONA LADUKE I am not a hesitant bull, I'm a Pamplona bull.
JAMES CRAMER A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority dis...
ELMER T PETERSON I think we're going to steal some games. There's not much expectation for us outside the district. B...
DAN NOBBS I felt like I needed to get a steal to get us back up and get us going. When we were behind I wanted...
ASHLEY BELL I am an Indian and a painter, that's all.
M. F. HUSAIN Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British...
ROLAND JOFFE If you start with the assumption that people go to church to steal from the offering plate, you'd ma...
ANDY HERNANDEZ I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat.
ELISABETTA CANALIS I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities.
BRUNO TONIOLI I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based th...
JOEL SALATIN One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means tha...
IMRAN KHAN I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking. If you're going to lie, lie ...
ANONYMOUS TOAST My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian i...
SHERMAN ALEXIE I am kind of majoring in bull shitting.
KATE VOEGELE I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
H. L. MENCKEN Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
OSCAR WILDE Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
PHILIP ZIMMERMANN I am the Doctor of Democracy. I am America's Truth Detector. And as the Doctor of Democracy, the...
RUSH LIMBAUGH I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does ...
LEONARD COHEN I did lie and cheat and steal my way through this, but that's 'Survivor,' ... You think it's just a ...
IAN ROSENBERGER I don't like this romanticization of Indian people in which Indian people are looked at as spiri...
JOY HARJO Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child.
JONATHAN CHEN If people do not look after their hearts they will soon see a flag of submission and the fight will ...
GARY F EVANS... Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to lov...
JUNE JORDAN If somebody is an experienced car thief and they want to steal your car, they're probably going to g...
SEAN COMEY I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st ce...
ALFONSO CUARON Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA I am a bull on sterling versus the U.S. dollar.
WARREN BUFFETT I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I...
JESSE VENTURA I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass d...
LEONARD COHEN I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living fo...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Western people ask me whether it is a paradox that I am King but support democracy. I have to tell t...
BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ I disagree with the way these people are going about this. They're burglars and they're trying to st...
DON BLAIR Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
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KARL KRAUS Always listen to the warnings from your heart.
TERESA COLLINS Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude wi...
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MARY BRAVE BIRD We're trying to plug in democracy. You can't do that. You can't just tell people to vote. You have t...
GREG MORTENSON So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
LANGSTON HUGHES No good sir, I'm not trying to steal your lady. Your lady is trying to steal my heart.
JEREMY CHEATWOOD It is done to steal financial information and to steal your identity or get hold of your finances.
JESSE WELLER From time to time, people are going to smell and see smoke. But there is one thing to remember: When...
LANE GREEN I believe in fate. Sometimes that means an old bearded guy sitting on a cloud and pulling the string...
KYLE MACLACHLAN There are people who steal your energy or disrupt your energy field.
STEVEN REDHEAD There are other bull sales in other areas, and we want people to save the day to save your dollar.
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OWEN ARTHUR I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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SITTING BULL I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neit...
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SITTING BULL Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? B...
SITTING BULL Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in the...
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