They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.Anonymous
And when we surrendered, we were promised that we would keep our possessions.Sitting Bull
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.Anonymous
The love of possession is a disease with them.Sitting Bull
They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement.Dashing His Horse
If it were in our power, by any sacrifice whatever, to change the history of this day, we should most gladly and freely make it.General Canby
I shall stand in the open. My people need no protection.Spotted Tail
If we must die, we die defending our rights.Sitting Bull
Nothing lives long, Only the earth and mountains.Dee Brown
Death, starvation, humiliation, and the loss of those things which made life worthwhile were the only attention that they ever received from the ruling race.Dee Brown