And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wayne’s best film by far. His character is so openly racist, that he almost kills Natalie’s character when he finally gets her, because she has been a braves squaw.
The Searchers.
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ReplyDeleteIs that Natalie Wood?
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Yep, and if I remember correctly her younger sister Lana played the character as a little girl.
DeleteWayne’s best film by far. His character is so openly racist, that he almost kills Natalie’s character when he finally gets her, because she has been a braves squaw.
ReplyDeleteDo you know why Natalie never took a shower on the boat? She preferred to wash up on the shore.
ReplyDelete"Gets the Girl" is a weird way to put it, since it usually means "scoring a mate" and in the story she was his niece.
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