Quotes from John Wayne

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

Out here a man settles his own problems.

I'm the stuff men are made of!

I never killed a man I didn't have to.

Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it.

A man is no better than he has to be.

I don't want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.

I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature.

I couldn't hit a wall with a sixgun but I can twirl one. It looks good.

Sometimes I wonder whose side God's on.

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

I didn't vote for him, but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job.

Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.

I believe humor nullifies violence.

My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.

I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.

It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here.

I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid

In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.