Cole Younger Quotes

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.
Cole Younger

Life, War, Nothing

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.
Cole Younger

Times, Wounds, Wounded

I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.
Cole Younger

Life, Whatever, State

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.
Cole Younger

Time, Natural, Studies

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.
Cole Younger

Men, Fighting, Soldiers

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.
Cole Younger

Kindness, Grateful, While

Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives.
Cole Younger

Attention, Lives, Receiving

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.
Cole Younger

Enough, After, Young

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.
Cole Younger

Long, Born, Line

The world may believe as it pleases.
Cole Younger

They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.
Cole Younger

Before, Around, Another

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 15, 1844

Died: March 21, 1916

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