Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Billy the Kid

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Billy the Kid, also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. He also fought in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders.

November 23, 1859 - July 14, 1881

Source: Wikipedia

Advise persons never to engage in killing.

Billy the Kid

If mob law is going to rule, better dismiss, judge, sheriff, etc., and let's all take chances alike. I expect to be lynched in going to Lincoln [New Mexico.] Advise persons never to engage in killing.

Billy the Kid

I don't blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don't know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.

Billy the Kid

I like to dance, but not in the air.

Billy the Kid

Truth and History. 21 Men. The Boy Bandit King - He Died As He Lived.

Billy the Kid

I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time.

Billy the Kid