George Chandler Quotes

Zerelda If I could just think of some way to let you know how wrong you are.

Jesse James No use, honey. It's just like I always told you: I hate the railroads... and when I hate, I've gotta do somethin about it.

Major Rufus Cobb That's the stuff! People ain't hating nowadays like they used to. They gettin soft. I got to admit that I like a man that hauls off and hates good and hard. It's the lawyers - gol-dang it - it's the lawyers are messin up the whole world! Why ten years ago, here in Liberty, we didn't have no lawyers and we got along fine. Man killed somebody, then somebody killed him, and the marshal shot em all and that was the end of it. But, look at it today: right here in Liberty we got hundreds of lawyers, thousands of em, as far as the eye can see: nothing but lawyers!

Zerelda Uncle Rufe, there are only TWO lawyers in Liberty.

Major Rufus Cobb Huh? Two? Is that all? Then they run around too much. Gol-dang it, I'm gonna write me an editorial about that. Roy!

Roy Yes, sir?

Major Rufus Cobb Take an editorial on lawyers.

Roy Liars?

Major Rufus Cobb That'll do. We'll begin easy. Paragraph: If we are ever to have law and order in the West, the first thing we gotta do is take out all the lawyers and shoot em down like dogs.