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Cowboy Quote by Roy Bean

“A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone…” quote by Roy Bean — Download Open image

“A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes”

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Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.

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Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none.

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And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

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You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell,…

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Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed.

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Hang 'em first, try 'em later.

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You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.

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Time will pass and seasons will come and go.

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And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun.

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I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40.

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I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor.

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