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There never was such a thing as Justice in the English laws but any amount of injustice to be had.

— Ned Kelly Jerilderie Letter (1879)

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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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