The Friends of Pancho Villa Quotes

“The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

“Never did I fight for the poor. I fought against the rich--which of course isn't at all the same thing. In any case, the fighting was the point. You don't fight to become free--to fight is to be free. A man with a gun and the will to use it can't be mastered, he can only be killed.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

“The power of men like me does not come solely from our ability to kill--which is no small talent in itself, true, but neither is it as rare as gold. No, the true source of our power is so obvious it sometimes goes unnoticed for what it is: our power comes from other men's lack of courage. There is even less courage in this world than here is talent for killing. Men like me rule because most men are faint of heart in the shadow of death.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

“I understood more clearly than ever that the line between a noble revolutionary and a lowdown bandit was the line between war and peace.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

“Like Villa, I believed that even though some men did not deserve to go on living, they still deserved to be remembered at their best.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa

“As we pulled out of Zacatecas, the air was thick with the odors of smoldering ash, bloody dust, putrefying flesh. The rich ripe smells of triumph.”
― James Carlos Blake, The Friends of Pancho Villa