Quote#World
If my life teaches the public that men are made mad by bad treatment,…
Quote byNed Kelly · 1854–1880
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Statements to the press (1880).
English (original)
If my life teaches the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may not exasperate to madness men they persecute and illtreat, my life will not be entirely thrown away.
— Ned Kelly
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If the public do not see justice done I will seek revenge for the name and character which has been given to me and my relations, while God gives me strength to pull a trigger.
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Everyone looks on me like a black snake.
The ignorant unicorns even threaten to shoot myself But as soon as I am dead they will be heels up in the muroo.
I threw big cowardly Hall on his belly I straddled him and rooted both spurs onto his thighs he roared like a big calf attacked by dogs ... I used to trip him and let him take a mouth ful of dust now and again as he was as helpless as a …
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