David Webb Peoples

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    You know, it’s a savage country, really. That’s the second one they shot in twenty years. It’s uncivilized—shooting people of substance.
    —David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)

    I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    I guess you know, Bob, that if I see you again, I’m just going to start shooting and figure it’s self-defense.
    —David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman)

    A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers—a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)