“Ned doesn't go around killing people for no reason. Had he a reason...” – "Rooster" Cogburn, True Grit ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from True Grit 1969

"Rooster" Cogburn John Wayne

Ned doesn't go around killing people for no reason. Had he a reason, he'd kill them.

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