Just saw "The Outlaw Josey Wales" for the first time. I can't believe I had skipped this Clint Eastwood classic up to now. It's Eastwood playing the tough-as-nails guy who really isn't all that bad. He just can't keep the government, and its agents, out of his life.
To demonstrate that Josey Wales had some libertarian thoughts:
Josey Wales: Dying ain't so hard for men like you and me, it's living that's hard .... Governments don't live together, people live together. With governments you don't always get a fair word or a fair fight.
Indian chief: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double-tongues.
There are enough good lines in this movie to keep Gabe Whisnant (who speaks in movie lines) in business for a month. My favorite lines:
- "Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes."
-Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Another character: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither.
- Bounty hunter: You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
There are even better lines, but the language prohibits its inclusion here.
2 comments:
Thanks for the nod! Eastwood ranks up there pretty high as one of the best line-deliverers in Hollywood history.
Just revisited the "Do You Feel Lucky?" scene from Dirty Harry. Classic.
From Dirty Harry:
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
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