Quotes from William W. Johnstone

Truth sometimes does not matter, Quinn. There are those who have decided what they think your brother is, and nothing will persuade them differently, truth be damned.

sound rose up from the grass to their left followed

No. My family lived back in Ohio. Still does, I reckon. I ain't seen 'em since I was twelve.

They'll never get the chance to do this again in Ireland," the man said, steel in his voice. "The first politician who stands up and announces he's in favor of gun control is very likely to get shot.

There is something I want you to see. Something related to what I was saying about the propensity of human beings to prejudge others and then cling to that prejudice no matter how wrongheaded it may be."     The

backed his horse in the street after the last wagon

his cunning. That had been enough in the past, Palmer told himself, and it would be again. To his great relief, Morgan and the other man mounted up without searching the saddlebags on the dead horse. An ugly smile tugged at Palmer's mouth. Morgan was probably helping Stevens try to recover the money Soapy had stolen from him.

the back of the building. As he expected, he found the proprietor building a coffin. The pieces of wood were varnished and decorated with fancy scrollwork depicting cherubs and flowers. Somebody important would be laid to rest in that coffin. "Looks like you already have some business," Luke said to the man. "I've brought you another customer." The undertaker was in his thirties, a dark-haired man with broad

slope at where they had come from, with Dog standing and panting beside him, when a tiny flicker of movement caught his eye. Preacher squinted. Could have been a bird flitting from

John Adams said it: fear is the foundation of government. And I'll add to that: once the citizens lose that fear, a government cannot enforce its laws. If you doubt that, look at what's happening in this country today." Matt

There was an old saying about how God helped those who helped themselves. Preacher would have added that God watched over those who weren't damn fools to start with.

Well-armed citizens were more of a danger to lawbreakers than the authorities were. If anybody ever figured out how to take all the guns away from the people, so that they could no longer defend themselves, then hell would break loose.

Cobey had lost his patience and snapped at the dim-witted giant to shut his pie hole

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Soon as I see him again, I

If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it

Falcon kissed his sister on the forehead. "We'll find her," he said. "I promise you, we'll find her, and we'll bring her

Love isn't something you can give yourself permission for. You can't pick the time and place, or the girl. Love is God's gift to you and a woman, forever and always.

Those people do love to cling to their God and their guns, don't they? Well, they're just going to have to learn to accept that those days are over. This is just the beginning

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