What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

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!

Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.

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.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.

I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.