Quote#Self
I suppose I am called a red-handed murderer, which I deny. That I…
Quote byWild Bill Hickok · 1837–1876
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Conversation with Annie D. Tallent in Cheyenne, Wyoming, summer 1875. The Black Hills, or, The Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotahs (St. Louis: Nixon-Jones, 1899) p. 101.
English (original)
I suppose I am called a red-handed murderer, which I deny. That I have killed men I admit, but never unless in absolute self-defense, or in the performance of an official duty. I never, in my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.
— Wild Bill Hickok
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