- Sergeant George Lake: Are you looking for a medal?
- Jim Slater: No, I got one.
- Sergeant George Lake: I bet you would have traded it for a meal after the surrender.
- Jim Slater: How'd you guess?
- Sergeant George Lake: Oh, I fought against you rebels... all guts and no sense.
- Sergeant George Lake: I figured you for a good soldier. I should have known better. Good soldiers never volunteer.
- [pointing to Jim Slater's holster]
- Johnny Cool: I notice you use a tie-down. Does that mean you're fast? Everybody west of the Pecos thinks that they're fast.
- Jim Bonniwell: You know, I've never seen it fail. When you take a trigger-happy bunch sitting it out like this, somebody's bound to start fooling with his gun.
- [the Sheriff warns Jim about the brothers of a murderous Deputy Sheriff Jim killed in self-defense]
- Sheriff J.C. Marston: When they hear about this, they're going to come looking for you.
- Jim Slater: Seems logical.
- Sheriff J.C. Marston: If it's your idea to shoot it out with them, you're going to lose.
- Jim Slater: Could be.
- Sheriff J.C. Marston: And even if you beat 'em, you're going to lose... because I'm going to hang the man that wins.
- Stagecoach guard: If this is a holdup, you're dead.
- Jim Slater: If I did it this way, I'd deserve to be.
- Jim Bonniwell: What's on your mind?
- Jim Slater: I've spent six months looking for a killer. What do you do when he turns out to be your father?
- Jim Bonniwell: Killer? Aren't you a little careless with your words, son? Yes, I kill when I have to. But I've never killed a man who wasn't trying to kill me. And that goes for the Sheriff in spite of his badge.