You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.

I believe humor nullifies violence.

Out here, due process is a bullet.

When you stop fighting, that's death.