Bendigo Shafter Quotes

“No. Until man can order his own affairs, until he ceases to prey on his brothers, he will need someone to maintain order. A lawman is not a restraint, but a freedom, a liberation. He restrains only those who would break the laws and provides freedom for the rest of us to work, to laugh, to sing, to play in peace.”
― Louis Lamour

“... I wondered if in time man's brain might not become smaller, for as more knowledge was preserved in books or by other means, he might have to think less and contrive less.”
― Lois L'Amour

“But I can take a book out of that trunk, and it is just like talking to an old friend, and I imagine them as they were, bent over their desks or tables, trying to put what they thought into words.”
― Louis L'Amour

“... I wondered if in time man's brain might not become smaller, for as more knowledge was preserved in books or by other means, he might have to think less and contrive less.”
― Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter

“When one acts quickly, sometimes one acts too quickly.”
― Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter

“As long as a man is scrambling in the dust. For food and fuel, looking over his shoulder for enemies, he cannot think of other things.”
― Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter

“When getting rich became the only incentive, folks didn't care much about a place and left as soon as the chance was gone.”
― Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter

“My senses were alive to what the wilderness could tell me; it never ceases to send out messages to those who will listen.”
― Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter