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?

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

God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.

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

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

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?