Cole Younger quotes
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“Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.”
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“I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.”
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“I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.”
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“I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.”
-- Cole YoungerSource : Cole Younger (2014). “The Story of Cole Younger”, p.19, Minnesota Historical Society Press
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“I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise.”
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“I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.”
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“The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.”
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Source : Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns
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Source : Adeline Yen Mah (1997). “Falling leaves return to their roots”, Penguin Books Ltd
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Source : "PBS' Newshour" with Jim Lehrer, www.keyesarchives.com. December 20, 1999.
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Source : "The Doyenne Of The Drawing Room" by Charlotte Curtis, www.nytimes.com. August 23, 1981.
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Source : "20 famous college commencement speeches" by Mo Elinzano, www.deseretnews.com. May 6, 2015.
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“Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.”
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