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Crazy Horse and Custer
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"Crazy Horse and Custer" Quotes

The parallel lives and ultimate clash of two iconic figures in American history, Crazy Horse and General Custer, are vividly explored in this compelling narrative.

Quotes

I see a time of seven generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the sacred tree of life and the whole earth will become one circle again.

Stephen E. Ambrose

unitydiversity

Hokahey! Today is a good day to die!

Stephen E. Ambrose

bravery

A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.

Stephen E. Ambrose

visionambition

One does not sell the land people walk on.

Stephen E. Ambrose

landnature

My lands are where my dead lie buried.

Stephen E. Ambrose

ancestryheritage

I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.

Stephen E. Ambrose

freedomnature

A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting.

Stephen E. Ambrose

injusticeoppression

It is the Lakota way, to give what one has to those who have nothing.

Stephen E. Ambrose

generosity

I have not sought the white man's friendship; they came to seek mine.

Stephen E. Ambrose

relationships

A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.

Stephen E. Ambrose

action