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People who live in large towns have no idea of the tyrannical conduct of the police in country places far removed from court; they have no idea of the harsh and overbearing manner in which they execute their duty, or how they neglect their duty and abuse their powers.

— Ned Kelly Statements to the press (1880)

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A man that kills his enemy, particularly an enemy out to slaughter him, is no murderer, and all police are my enemies.

My mind is as easy as the mind of any man in this world, as I am prepared to show before God and man.

Sentencing (1880)

It is a very easy matter for me to pull the trigger, if you do not keep a civil tongue in your head.

Although I have been bushranging I have always believed that when I die I have a God to meet.

I am Ned Kelly, son of Red Kelly, as good a blood as any in the land.

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