Ned Kelly Quotes

Australia, Bushranger
1854 – November, 11, 1880.

Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer. One of the last bushrangers, and by far the most famous, he is best known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police.

I fear it as little as to drink a cup of tea.

Ned Kelly
- Fear
- Tea
- Little
I have outlived that care that curries public favour or dreads the public frown…let the hand of law strike me down if it will, but I ask that my story be heard and considered.

Ned Kelly
- Story
- Heard
- Considered

If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may exasperate to madness men they persecute and ill treat, my life will not be entirely thrown away.

Ned Kelly
- Life
- Police
- Madness
I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side...

Ned Kelly
- Life
- Side
- Bright
My mind is as easy as the mind of any man in this world, as I am prepared to show before God and man.

Ned Kelly
- Mind
- Show
- Prepared
Ah well, I suppose it has come to this... Such is life.

Ned Kelly
- Life
- Come
- Suppose
I will go a little further than that, and say I will see you there where I go.

Ned Kelly
- See
- Say
- I Go
I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a Widow’s Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.

Ned Kelly
- Force
- Obey
- Orders

Everyone looks on me like a black snake.

Ned Kelly
- Black
- Looks
- Snake
I did not know he had dropped his revolver... I shot him as he slewed around to surrender.

Ned Kelly
- Surrender
- Shot
- Revolver