“They call this country Hell's Gate. When my dad came in here, it was...” – Hellsgate rancher, The Missouri Breaks ... Movie Quotes Database

Hellsgate rancher

They call this country Hell's Gate. When my dad came in here, it was nothing but a bunch of savage Indians. And Jesuits. Old Thomas Jefferson said that he was a warrior so his son could be a farmer, so his son could be a poet. And I raise cattle so my son can be a merchant, so his son can move to Newport, Rhode Island and buy a sailboat and never see one of these bastard-ass sons of bitching mountains again.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Hellsgate rancher

A guy back east.

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Hellsgate rancher James Greene

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