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A U.S. marshal, and Rooster’s best friend. Potter and Rooster were both part of Quantrill’s group of guerilla soldiers during the Civil War. Afterward, they escaped and went their separate ways, though their paths eventually crossed when Potter—by that time a marshal—picked up Rooster in connection to a murder. Instead of arresting him, though, he took his friend back to Fort Smith and helped him become a marshal himself. Potter is later killed when he and Rooster pursue Odus, C. C., and Aaron Wharton.
Columbus Potter Quotes in True Grit
The True Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Columbus Potter or refer to Columbus Potter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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Judge Parker knows. He is a old carpetbagger but he knows his rats. We had a good court here till the pettifogging lawyers moved in on it. You might think Polk Goudy is a fine gentleman to look at his clothes, but he is the sorriest son of a bitch that God ever let breathe. I know him well. Now they have got the judge down on me, and the marshal too. The rat-catcher is too hard on the rats. That is what they say. Let up on them rats! Give them rats a fair show! What kind of show did they give Columbus Potter? Tell me that. A finer man never lived.
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Columbus Potter Quotes in True Grit
The True Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Columbus Potter or refer to Columbus Potter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
Judge Parker knows. He is a old carpetbagger but he knows his rats. We had a good court here till the pettifogging lawyers moved in on it. You might think Polk Goudy is a fine gentleman to look at his clothes, but he is the sorriest son of a bitch that God ever let breathe. I know him well. Now they have got the judge down on me, and the marshal too. The rat-catcher is too hard on the rats. That is what they say. Let up on them rats! Give them rats a fair show! What kind of show did they give Columbus Potter? Tell me that. A finer man never lived.
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