Quote#Happiness
The public could not do any more than take firearms and assisting the…
Quote byNed Kelly · 1854–1880
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Jerilderie Letter (1879).
English (original)
The public could not do any more than take firearms and assisting the police as they have done, but by the light that shines pegged on an ant-bed with their bellies opened their fat taken out rendered and poured down their throat boiling hot will be cool to what pleasure I will give some of them and any person aiding or harbouring or assisting the Police ...
— Ned Kelly
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