Quotes from William W. Johnstone

Government got too big—too powerful. Agencies like the IRS had entirely too much power.

saloon. They received a glance

But like the U.S. Government, the Canadian powers-that-be never seemed to realize that criminals don't pay any attention to rules and regulations and laws. The only group of people who are punished by restrictive gun laws are the law-abiding citizens.

ready to fire it like a minié ball.

I been packin' iron for so long that if I don't have one on me somewheres, I walk slant-wise.

Devon Randle went down the center aisle toward the back of the dining room, where a set of swinging doors opened into the kitchen. An arm's length or so short of the doors, he'd turned hard on his heels, spinning, shucking a pair of six-guns out of the holsters and into his hands. He'd stepped to the side, out of the way of the swinging doors, so no one could surprise him from that direction.

When he was a boy, he had heard about people who handled snakes as part of their worshippin'.

It's Kansas City now

can go for weeks without hearin' the sound of a human voice. And I love it, Melody. I love it. I don't need people the way you do. Hell, I don't even like most people.

had watched the shoot-out. "Ten

On the ground, where the seat of her britches had been, were the smashed and flattened canine turds, and the patch on her back pocket had left a partial reversed imprint:

Eugenia and get them out of harm's way.

C'mon and let your Uncle Kirby shoot you.

a few well-placed shots would either kill them or drive them back inside.

I can go for weeks without hearin' the sound of a human voice. And I love it, Melody. I love it. I don't need people the way you do. Hell, I don't even like most people.

but I suppose it could be considered a necessary evil." "And you've got to admit, with the way things are going

It was the time when the man called Jesus Christ walked the sands, spreading His message. Only a few years before that man would be nailed to a rough wooden cross to die.

people have already wanted me to work

There was an old saying about a rock and a hard place.

but I ain't seen 'em in twenty years.

saying something in German, then at the mountain man's

holes in the mayor's office.

Distraction and diversion. It was more than Luke had dared hope for. He planned to make a move no matter what—he had to—come what may at whatever cost to himself. Then Cal and Jed had blundered along, scared witless and thinking only of getting off the street before the shooting started. Their timely interruption broke the concentration of Cort and Devon Randle.

That's why folks sometimes say, 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.